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We’re Jack Garside, Leena Lindell, John Smales and Charlotte Islin, part of the NRM archive volunteer team. Interested in quirky railway history.
YorkJoined June 2015
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Nxt Streamline Ctrl-Becky,Jane, Jack&Molly wth messag 'Don't send yr cultural heritage to the shredder'
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Last week we had a visit from Alan & Ruth Willis, whose father Owen was a home ambulance train orderly during WW1.
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Just before demolition for - disused Wood Lane London Underground station derelictlondon.com/london-transpo
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Ever wondered how #WW1 ambulance trains made it to the Western Front? Some were loaded on to boats via crane!
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On Monday we moved the ambulance carriage into position ahead of our Ambulance Trains exhibition opening on 7 July!
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The world's longest railway tunnel has opened in Switzerland! Engineers blasted through 73 rock types to build it.
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We found this brightly coloured advert in our archives, promoting the 1936 Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg.
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Before , from 1936, there was a cross-channel train service.
The "Night Ferry": London Victoria to Paris.
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#OnThisDay 100 yrs ago the Battle of Jutland ended. During WW1, ambulance trains took injured sailors to hospital.
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Fancy some railway cake ? Check out our new blog blog.nrm.org.uk/let-them-eat-c feat. a TPE cupcake!
A very interesting article about the archeology uncovering the Battle of Jutland: forces.tv/72039249
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Today's archive find is a 1947 catalogue from the Société Anglo-Franco-Belge featuring some very futuristic trains.
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I mean, look at it. This was 1948.
The refreshment trolley "will traverse once we've departed Croydon", it is not.
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Will your #BonfireNight include a 'flight of fiery pigeons'? This 1875 firework programme from our archive does!
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This letter from our archives congratulates the crew of A3 2750 Papyrus on its record-breaking 108mph run in 1935.
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This is Dunrobin, a loco built for the Duke of Sutherland in 1895. Four people could sit in the back of its cab.
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#TBT to #FlyingScotsman photo evenings in our North Yard. Did you know our dramatic lighting could change colours?
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A seriously helpful drawing folder description.....AEI Random Drawing Selection Number Sequence 1972 A2396651 #GECArchive
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What Country Is Across From You, If You’re On A Beach In Britain or Ireland brilliantmaps.com/what-country-i
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Did you know that the Intercity 125s are celebrating their 40th anniversary? Yesterday six HSTs lined up in Bristol:
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We found this 1898 circular in our archives, reminding staff to fill in paperwork to avoid pigeon compensation!
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Our museum is helping to rebuild lives & #SierraLeone's economy post-Ebola. Please, donate now gogetfunding.com/sierra-leone-n
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This drawing from our archives is a GCR ROD 2-8-0 loco; the most widely used British steam loco of the 20th century.
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This fantastic 1930s advert from our archives is for the Golden Arrow Pullman service between London and Paris.
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On #QueensBirthday a reminder:
#QueenElizabeth's long-lost 1961 Royal Train is in Sierra Leone; now being restored!
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Random find in #GECArchive - an Admiralty standard stockless anchor by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns
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We have finally got around to updating our profile as Tania has left and Leena has filled the gap. John and Charlotte also added to the team
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This colourful 1928 booklet from our archives was produced by GWR to promote their new King class of locomotives.
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It’s air travel, but not as we know it! ‘Into The Airship’ from #ERArchives on Flickr socsi.in/I7N2k
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