National Railway Museum
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Experience the extraordinary and book your tickets for Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery on our website! 🔥
- 🚂 As Flying Scotsman travelled along the @nymr this morning, our colleagues at @networkrail were capturing these STUNNING images of it hauling the Royal Train. 😍 Just take a look at some of them... 📸 © Network Rail
- We are sad to hear of the death of renowned designer, Sir Kenneth Grange, famous for his design of the iconic shape and livery of High Speed Train (HST). Among many other objects in the Science Museum Group collection is the first production HST power car which bears his name. He
- British Rail throwing shade at the airline industry back in '85! 📷 'How to Improve a Plane', British Rail poster, 1985.
- 🚂 Today we’re celebrating the 100th birthday of Flying Scotsman! We’ll bring you all the updates you’ll need from a special event so you can join us from wherever you are. #FlyingScotsman100
- Replying to @RailwayMuseum🖌 Flying Scotsman was specially prepared: its roof painted white and new lamps fitted, as is tradition for the Royal Train. 🤝 King Charles III also greeted the longstanding volunteers who help maintain #NYMR and unveiled a plaque to mark 50 years since its official opening.
- 🚂 It’s been a special event to officially launch the centenary of a special locomotive here at Edinburgh Waverley. Thank you to everyone who has joined us here or via Twitter. But for now, here’s Flying Scotsman departing platform 2 (if you can see it!). #FlyingScotsman100
00:00 - 🏳️🌈 Happy Pride month! As our Open For All value suggests, our museum is for all people, no matter who you are. 🛤 There's also an intertwined history of the railways and the queer community. 🖱 Read more about that here: blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/a-little-queer…
- #OnThisDay in 1923, 4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ entered passenger service. 📽️ 100 years on, celebrate the world’s most famous steam locomotive with a special episode of Curator with a Camera, exploring its fascinating engineering secrets. #FlyingScotsman100 youtu.be/gFbi5EH00rE
- #OnThisDay in 1938 A4 steam locomotive 'Mallard' reached a speed of 126mph - breaking the world speed record for steam traction. A record it holds to this day!
- 👑 This morning, Flying Scotsman hauled the #RoyalTrain on the latest stage of its centenary tour. 🚂 Following a journey from Grosmont to Pickering on the historic @nymr, His Majesty The King met Judith McNicol, our Director, and @LordPeterHendy, Chair of @networkrail.
