National Railway Museum York 9 Sept 2013
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NRM York 9 Sept 201330 viewsDriving motor coach 8143 from a 1925 built 1285 Class 3 car suburban unit. 8143 was built 1925 by Metropolitan Cammell. Car originally formed in Southern Railway unit 1293 later 4308. 2Bil Unit
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NRM York 9 Sept 201332 viewsLNWR Electric No. 28249 Type MBTO built 1915
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NRM York 9 Sept 201333 viewsThese were the two I really came to see!
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NRM York 9 Sept 201336 viewsChurchward GWR Swindon Class 3700 4-4-0 No. 3717 'City of Truro', originally No. 3440. Built 1903, withdrawn in 1931 but deemed worthy of preservation due to its being contender for the first steam loco to top 100 mph. Returned to service on main lines in 1957 but withdrawn again 4 years later.
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NRM York 9 Sept 201341 views
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NRM York 9 Sept 201340 viewsBR Type 4 hydraulic D1023 'Western Fusilier'
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NRM York 9 Sept 201339 viewsEnglish Electric driverless 2-2-2 Rail Electric loco 809, built 1930 (Batch 2), battery electric used on Royal Mail's sub-London distribution network between Paddington and Whitechapel. 5 others have also been preserved in various UK locations. Plans are afoot to re-open the network for tourists.
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NRM York 9 Sept 201337 viewsChannel Tunnel Hunslet-GMT 4wBE/WE ( 900mm-Gauge ) RA36 & 15m3 Mulhauser Side Discharge Wagon RT239
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NRM York 9 Sept 201338 viewsLMS 7050
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NRM York 9 Sept 201339 viewsNorth Staffordshire Railway battery locomotive BEL 1 of 1874
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NRM York 9 Sept 201342 viewsBR Type 4 hydraulic D1023 'Western Fusilier'
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NRM York 9 Sept 201346 viewsClass A4 No. 60008 'Dwight D. Eisenhower'
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NRM York 9 Sept 201345 viewsClass A4 No. 4489 'Dominion of Canada' looking very smart after its very necessary facelift.
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NRM York 9 Sept 201347 viewsChinese Class KF1 No. KF7 (built in Britain)
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NRM York 9 Sept 201345 views26060 was built to haul coal trains from South Yorkshire to power stations near Manchester using the Woodhead route. This was Britain's first electrified mainline railway with overhead line equipment (1500v DC). 88 electric locomotives replaced 181 steam locomotives and crews greatly benefited by no longer having to work steam locomotives on heavy trains through the choking Woodhead tunnel.
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NRM York 9 Sept 201344 viewsClass 31 31018
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NRM York 9 Sept 201338 viewsShinkansen Class 0 No. 22-141
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NRM York 9 Sept 201339 viewsShinkansen Class 0 Bullet Train, delivered to the museum in 2001 and the only one outside Japan.
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NRM York 9 Sept 201335 viewsMock-up section of a Eurostar train and ring of the Channel Tunnel.
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NRM York 9 Sept 201333 viewsSECR 'D' class No.737. The elaborate livery on this locomotive (built in 1901) was created to help give the newly formed South Eastern and Chatham Railway a positive image. Wainwright's 'D' class was designed for express trains, but was later used on branch lines in the South East of England until it was withdrawn in 1956.
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