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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 15 7:35 am
by Pete
Steve Chapman wrote:Great place, kids loved it when they were little, plus its free, or was.
The Railway Museum is Free with a "Suggested Donation" of £3 per head.
I am quite happy with that given the cost of running the place and the exhibits.
The "Flying Scotsman" was not there. It is in Lancashire having a Boiler re-fit at a cost of £150K....quite a few £3's there...........
I did ask if they would ever Steam "Mallard" again.
They said it too would need a Boiler re-fit (Replace all the tubes that you can see in the cut-away version above).
They did not steam it for the 75th Anniversary of its record breaking run but they MAY do so for the Centenary, but I do not think I will be around to see that somehow...........
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 15 1:10 pm
by Dave81
Pete wrote:Steve Chapman wrote:Great place, kids loved it when they were little, plus its free, or was.
The Railway Museum is Free with a "Suggested Donation" of £3 per head.
I am quite happy with that given the cost of running the place and the exhibits.
The "Flying Scotsman" was not there. It is in Lancashire having a Boiler re-fit at a cost of £150K....quite a few £3's there...........
I did ask if they would ever Steam "Mallard" again.
They said it too would need a Boiler re-fit (Replace all the tubes that you can see in the cut-away version above).
They did not steam it for the 75th Anniversary of its record breaking run but they MAY do so for the Centenary, but I do not think I will be around to see that somehow...........
Sir Nigel Gresley (usually) lives on the SVR at the back of my house.....I've been lucky enough to see it run a few times in the past. Gotta love the A4 styling.
Add a big wing and its almost a Superbird!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 15 1:17 pm
by Pete
Dave - you make it sound like a Peer of the Realm is living in your back cupboard - times must be tough for the nobility!!!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 15 1:42 pm
by Dave81
Pete wrote:Dave - you make it sound like a Peer of the Realm is living in your back cupboard - times must be tough for the nobility!!!
Unfortunately not Pete.......I do get the sounds of a bygone era coupled with the lovely scent of steam wafting into the house in summer though!
Gotta love old school engineering!
If you followed the track to Kiddeminster station, its probably about a 3/4 mile from my back door. The ole War weekend Is always good. Get audio of Vera Lynn plus the odd air raid siren followed by bombing audio........
