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National Railway Museum, York |
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The National Railway Museum is home to a wide range of railway icons and literally millions of artefacts, from the Mallard - the world's fastest steam locomotive - to a lock of Robert Stephensons hair.
Its vast collections, including more than 100 engines, tell the railway tale from the Rocket to the Eurostar.
Permanent displays include the jewel in the museum's crown - Palaces on Wheels. With Royal saloons dating back to the Victorian era, visitors have the rare chance to glimpse inside the sumptuous bedrooms, dining rooms and day saloons, which really are palaces on wheels.
The only Shinkansen Bullet Train to go on display outside Japan is the first railway vehicle built and run outside Britain to enter the National Collection. The award winning exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to take a seat inside the distinctive bullet shaped train and find out what makes it one of the great engineering icons of the modern age.
British Rail - A Moving Story charts 50 years of state-owned railways through the eyes of the people who worked in the industry, including Pete Waterman and Joe Brown, who were both former BR steam locomotive firemen.
The NRM's £4 million wing, The Works, comprises three galleries - Workshop, The Working Railway and The Warehouse. As well as seeing the traditional restoration skills of the museum's engineers and craftsmen and hearing about them in The Workshop round up, kids can have fun building trains themselves in one of the many interactive exhibits.
To help bring the exhibits to life and answer visitor's questions, a team of 'Explainers' is always on hand throughout the museum's three halls.
The museum has an ever-changing programme of special events for all the family, including regular days out with Thomas and his friends, featuring Sir Topham Hatt, The Fat Controller.
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