National Railway Museum, York, Part III: Station Hall...
Hello. This is Post No3 regarding my visit to the famous National Railway Museum in York. This post documents 'Station Hall', the museum's second largest locomotive display area. Walking through from the Great Hall, visitors pass under the museum's own private subway before entering the second Entrance area, located right next to the Souvenir Shop. The NRM's massive Gift Shop is well worth a look and you can buy anything from Hornby model's right down to keyrings and stationary. Leaving the gift shop, visitors pass down a small corridor before entering 'Station Hall'. 'Station Hall' is the museum's former Goods Shed display and now hosts the beautiful Royal Train collection. The Hall is laid out into a 'Train & Platform' format, meaning that it's just like 'Real Life' as it were. The trains are positioned against the platform edge with the usual 'gap' covered by plastic boarding. This boarding is probably a good idea with the huge amount of small children which approach the vehicles each day. As visitors enter Station Hall, good's wagons are positioned on the nearest tracks. There are also some railway-related road vehicles to see and a few relevant artifacts and displays. In total, there are three Platforms in Station Hall, served by four tracks, making all three of the platforms "Island Platforms". The first loco we came across was the lovely LSWR 0-4-4T, No245 of 1897 (seen above). Below, the quaint Midland 'Spinner' 4-2-2 No673 of 1899 is seen stationed between Platform's 2 & 3...
The 'Spinner's were built under Johnson by the Midland Railway. No673 is a static exhibit within the National Collection and so can always be found at York. The 'Spinner's, with their large driving wheels, were said to be able to travel at high speed with primitive lubrication. Obviously, the law is that a large wheel travelling at 60mph will rotate much slower than a smaller wheel travelling at the same speed. Therefore, the pistons will be entering the cylinder at a slower speed, reducing the risk of 'running hot'. This idea also linked to the loco and tender axleboxes. However, though the 'Spinner's were very fast, they lacked necessary adhesion; hence their nickname! Legend has it that 'Spinner's could be seen running at speeds of up to 90mph whilst their huge driving wheel set seemed to be travelling much slower! (I wouldn't fancy 90mph on one of these old girls!). However, though 15 engines were built in this class (the 115 class), only No673 survives. Moving on from the 'Spinner', I discovered another Stanier gem at the head of a rake of King Edward VII's Royal Train carriages; Stanier Black 5 No5000, the first of his fabulous 5MT's...
The Royal Train carriages stand alongside Platform 3's far side. King Edward VII's rake are headed by the Black 5 and are spotted below...
It's very, very unusual to see a Royal Train, let alone up close! Below, we see one of King Edward's coaches from the other side, note the triple-axle bogie...
Behind King Edward's coaches are the beautiful (yet very dark) coaches of Queen Victoria. Her Saloon is very old fashioned and echoes the era of the 1800s. The interiors of all of the NRM's Royal Train coaches have been lovingly restored to their former luxury for all to enjoy. You can have a look through the windows into Royalty throughout the year and, best of all, it's still FREE (like the rest of this 5* museum!). 'Station Hall' contains locomotives such as No5000, the 'Spinner', a 28xx 2-8-0, a large 4-4-0, the LSWR 0-4-4, a 'Coppernob' 0-4-0 and the famous Bullied Battle of Britain pacific "Winston Churchill"; the engine which hauled the famous Wartime PM's funeral train. There is also a carriage from the Orient Express. As well as the loco's, wagons and Royal Train coaches, 'Station Hall' also has a large cafe area where many visitors can often be found enjoying a bite to eat...
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Station Hall' is very well laid out and is another fantastic part of the National Railway Museum. Want to see more? Why not go along and visit for yourself; you won't be dissapointed! The 4th and final NRM post; regarding operations in the museum's South Yard; is coming soon! Thank you all. Good Evening...
Hello. This is Post No3 regarding my visit to the famous National Railway Museum in York. This post documents 'Station Hall', the museum's second largest locomotive display area. Walking through from the Great Hall, visitors pass under the museum's own private subway before entering the second Entrance area, located right next to the Souvenir Shop. The NRM's massive Gift Shop is well worth a look and you can buy anything from Hornby model's right down to keyrings and stationary. Leaving the gift shop, visitors pass down a small corridor before entering 'Station Hall'. 'Station Hall' is the museum's former Goods Shed display and now hosts the beautiful Royal Train collection. The Hall is laid out into a 'Train & Platform' format, meaning that it's just like 'Real Life' as it were. The trains are positioned against the platform edge with the usual 'gap' covered by plastic boarding. This boarding is probably a good idea with the huge amount of small children which approach the vehicles each day. As visitors enter Station Hall, good's wagons are positioned on the nearest tracks. There are also some railway-related road vehicles to see and a few relevant artifacts and displays. In total, there are three Platforms in Station Hall, served by four tracks, making all three of the platforms "Island Platforms". The first loco we came across was the lovely LSWR 0-4-4T, No245 of 1897 (seen above). Below, the quaint Midland 'Spinner' 4-2-2 No673 of 1899 is seen stationed between Platform's 2 & 3...
The 'Spinner's were built under Johnson by the Midland Railway. No673 is a static exhibit within the National Collection and so can always be found at York. The 'Spinner's, with their large driving wheels, were said to be able to travel at high speed with primitive lubrication. Obviously, the law is that a large wheel travelling at 60mph will rotate much slower than a smaller wheel travelling at the same speed. Therefore, the pistons will be entering the cylinder at a slower speed, reducing the risk of 'running hot'. This idea also linked to the loco and tender axleboxes. However, though the 'Spinner's were very fast, they lacked necessary adhesion; hence their nickname! Legend has it that 'Spinner's could be seen running at speeds of up to 90mph whilst their huge driving wheel set seemed to be travelling much slower! (I wouldn't fancy 90mph on one of these old girls!). However, though 15 engines were built in this class (the 115 class), only No673 survives. Moving on from the 'Spinner', I discovered another Stanier gem at the head of a rake of King Edward VII's Royal Train carriages; Stanier Black 5 No5000, the first of his fabulous 5MT's...
The Royal Train carriages stand alongside Platform 3's far side. King Edward VII's rake are headed by the Black 5 and are spotted below...
It's very, very unusual to see a Royal Train, let alone up close! Below, we see one of King Edward's coaches from the other side, note the triple-axle bogie...
Behind King Edward's coaches are the beautiful (yet very dark) coaches of Queen Victoria. Her Saloon is very old fashioned and echoes the era of the 1800s. The interiors of all of the NRM's Royal Train coaches have been lovingly restored to their former luxury for all to enjoy. You can have a look through the windows into Royalty throughout the year and, best of all, it's still FREE (like the rest of this 5* museum!). 'Station Hall' contains locomotives such as No5000, the 'Spinner', a 28xx 2-8-0, a large 4-4-0, the LSWR 0-4-4, a 'Coppernob' 0-4-0 and the famous Bullied Battle of Britain pacific "Winston Churchill"; the engine which hauled the famous Wartime PM's funeral train. There is also a carriage from the Orient Express. As well as the loco's, wagons and Royal Train coaches, 'Station Hall' also has a large cafe area where many visitors can often be found enjoying a bite to eat...
'Station Hall' is very well laid out and is another fantastic part of the National Railway Museum. Want to see more? Why not go along and visit for yourself; you won't be dissapointed! The 4th and final NRM post; regarding operations in the museum's South Yard; is coming soon! Thank you all. Good Evening...
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