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My first thought is that trains that are still in mainline service shouldn’t be in museums, but this particular one is a record breaker.
Next to the 125 is Locomotion. Sort of. Not a replica, it’s just that so many bits were replaced that none of it is likely to be original
Now here’s something I didn’t realise still existed - a vehicle from the Birmingham Airport maglev.
Stopping for hydration. I believe these seats came from the original Eurostar.
Ted is living their best life in the cab of a Deltic.
The next few pictures are of important prototypes. First up is the LEV 1, the prototype Pacer. At this stage, it’s literally a rail bus - a Leyland National bus body on a rail chassis.
Those of you using the alt text can probably tell which exhibits have seating next to them, because if I can sit, I can type for longer.
Next to the pacer is the Class 41, forerunner to the Intercity125.
And next to that, the APT. A pioneering tilting train that made too many people nauseous. I would have been one of them, given how I felt on the original Pendolinos.
My first thought is that trains that are still in mainline service shouldn’t be in museums, but this particular one is a record breaker.
So’ my first museum of today’s adventure is Locomotion, at Shildon. This is pretty much where it all began.