A collection (10) of vintage suitcases stacked on a trolley as decorative antique items. Style: Retro/Antique luggage featuring durable leather, buckles, and travel stickers. These styles were common in the early to mid-20th century. Most of them are brown leather, but one appears to be black, and they are all different sizes and rather beat up with use. In the background, the hint of an old plum coloured, shiny train door that apparently the cases were unloaded from, is shown, with the word: "First" (class) hinted on it. (The entirety of the image is staged as part of the railway museum in York, England).

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOForOld

"Ey up"... me luggage finally arrived - 100yrs later! 😉

#luggage #old #NationalRailwayMuseum #York #Yorkshire #NorthYorkshire #Humber #England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #UK 🇬🇧 #travel ✈️ #Vintage #antique #suitcases #photography 📷

Flying Scotsman

Mallard

Got to see these two magnificent machines (alongside a bunch of others too) at the National Railway Museum yesterday!

#nationalrailwaymuseum
#york
#flyingscotsman
#mallard
#lner
#train
#steamengine

Inspiration exhibition train’s final tour dates announced Railway enthusiasts have a final chance to visit the exhibition train Inspiration, as the final stops on its tour have been announced.

Inspiration exhibition train’s final tour dates announced www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/03/inspiration-exhi... #EastSomersetRailway #hull #NationalRailwayMuseum #RailLive #railway_200 #scarborough #WeardaleRailway

We’re at ground level looking up at a blue diesel loco in the mid distance, coupled to a lighter blue “Pullman” carriage. It’s class 87 001 and a midland Pullman. Both are in a vaulted train shed.

A vintage poster inviting the viewer to “Keep Ypur Station Tidy”. Four characters hold a variety of cleaning implements. The four people in the photo wear yellow T-shirts “KEEP BRITAIN TIDY”. It’s Abba, and they’re all grinning keenly. I was (and probably still am, as they haven’t told me otherwise) in the Official British ABBA Fan Club. (Also circa 1981)

We are on the ground looking up at the end of a carriage on our right hand side. The carriage is burgundy on top, black beneath. Text on the carriage reads: TARE 29. TONS RESTRICTION 4 OVERALL LENGTH & WIDTH 59FT. 7 INS. x 9 FT. 3 INS. RESTORED NRM YORK 1989 PAUL UTTLEY

…and here I am. York. I haven’t been here since about 1980, so, high time for another visit. Off to the Station Hall at the #NationalRailwayMuseum today because it’s closed tomorrow. I had a good old poke around, and a very decent scone. A bit too many royals […]

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Agreement will see steam locomotive 30120 return to steam The 563 Locomotive Group has announced the next stage in its project to return London & South Western Railway T9 Class 4-4-0 steam locomotive No. 120 to steam.

Agreement will see steam locomotive 30120 return to steam www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/03/agreement-will-s... #563LocomotiveGroup #dorset #herston #LswrT9No_30120 #NationalRailwayMuseum #NineElms #restoration #SwanageRailway

For the culmination of #LGBT History Month, #NationalRailwayMuseum Curator Ashlynn Hudson-Welburn introduces People Pride Progress, an oral history project rail workers can join in with! www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/research-and... Listen here: www.vectisradio.com/on-air/prese...

A big thank you to everyone who visited the inaugural Railway Bricks this weekend at the National Railway Museum in York!

Special thanks to the NRM staff and volunteers, and to our exhibitors. #lego #legotrains #railway #nationalrailwaymuseum

THIS WEEKEND! Join us at the National Railway Museum in York for two days of LEGO train fun this Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th February.

Tickets are free but we recommend pre-booking via the museum website.

#lego #legotrains #york #nationalrailwaymuseum #railwaybricks

Steam locomotive 60103 Flying Scotsman set for 2026 tour The National Railway Museum has announced dates for Flying Scotsman’s 2026 tour.

Steam locomotive 60103 Flying Scotsman set for 2026 tour www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/02/steam-locomotive... #EastLancashireRailway #NationalRailwayMuseum #No_60103FlyingScotsman #nottingham #VintageTrains

"Get ready,
For the whistler.
I'll whistle along on the seventh day." #NationalRailwayMuseum #Jorviklän

Bunting as a tool of protest

https://youtube.com/shorts/cmAGxcQJA7s

#Bunting #NationalRailwayMuseum

Update released in Derbyshire based Class 47 locomotive Midland Railway in Butterley, Derbyshire, has issued an update on its work on 47401 “North Eastern”.

47401 is a British Rail Pioneer Class 47 diesel-electric locomotive. www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/update-released-... #butterley #class_47 #derbyshire #immingham #NationalRailwayMuseum #SwanwickJunction

Uniform of the Future competition winner’s design brought to life London North Eastern Railway and the National Railway Museum held a ‘Uniform of the Future’ competition back in January.

Fen McIlwraith, aged 11, had her design made to measure by LNER uniform supplier, Dimensions. www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/uniform-of-the-f... #london #LondonNorthEasternRailway #NationalRailwayMuseum #railway_200

Pen sketch in a pocket sketchbook of an electric locomotive in a museum. It carried the red and blue stripes and letters in a circle along with the title CHANNEL TUNNEL on the side.

On a school trip with my local junior school to the National Railway Museum, York. A good way to keep the 7 year olds amused: sketch the Channel Tunnel loco while having lunch. As the kids suggested I added a bit of colour later.

#NationalRailwayMuseum
#sketchbook #PenArt

The incomparable Mallard, still the holder of the world steam train speed record (126mph) set in 1938. #trains #NationalRailwayMuseum

Steam locomotive 60163 Tornado to visit York with special Christmas trip Vintage Trains has announced that next month it will be running two steam-hauled trips through the East Midlands to York, with dining service options aboard authentic vintage carriages.

Steam locomotive 60163 Tornado to visit York with special Christmas trip www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/steam-locomotive... #A1SteamLocomotiveTrust #christmas #LnerA1No_60163Tornado #midlands #NationalRailwayMuseum #NorthYorkshire

Inspiration virtual tour is now live The Railway 200 Inspiration Train has been travelling around the UK this year as part of the celebrations marking the birth of the modern railway.

You can visit the tour online. www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/inspiration-virt... #InspirationTrain #NationalRailwayMuseum #railway_200

Inside the new Station Hall at the National Railway Museum The National Railway Museum invited RailAdvent today (25th September) to York to see the official reopening of the Grade II listed Station Hall. Station Hall is a former goods station built for the North Eastern Railway, with the National Railway Museum receiving a £10.5m grant from the Department of Culture,…

Inside the new Station Hall at the National Railway Museum www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/09/photos-from-insi... #NationalRailwayMuseum #york

New Northern train livery celebrates Railway 200 Northern has adorned a Class 158 train with artwork that celebrates key moments and people in railway history.

New Northern train livery celebrates Railway 200 www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/09/new-northern-tra... #class_158 #ManchesterVictoria #NationalRailwayMuseum #northern #railway_200

National Railway Museum donates Rheidol tank to Vale of Rheidol Railway 7 ¼” Owain Glyndwr moves from the NRM to the Vale of Rheidol

National Railway Museum donates Rheidol tank to Vale of Rheidol Railway www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/09/national-railway... #aberystwyth #NationalRailwayMuseum #ValeOfRheidolRailway #wales

Next Stop For Inspiration Will Be Darlington The Railway 200 ‘Inspiration’ train has been to numerous locations this month, including The Greatest Gathering as its first stop of the month and ending the month at the National Railway Museum in York.

Next Stop For Inspiration Will Be Darlington www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/08/next-stop-for-in... #darlington #InspirationTrain #LondonNorthEasternRailway #NationalRailwayMuseum #railway_200

An orchestra, wearing “normal” clothes, setting up in front of The Mallard (fucking epic ace steam engine made in Doncaster 😁) with a slightly bruised general public looking on, including from the wooden bridge over the top of The Mallard

#Mallard, baby!

Rehearsal/sound check in a min.
Concert starts at 2 & is free, but booking is still required

#NationalRailwayMuseum

On my way to York to do music and admire steam trains #NationalRailwayMuseum

Class 91 receives new National Railway Museum 50th Anniversary livery A new livery is being added on one of London North Eastern Railway’s (LNER) InterCity 225 trains to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Railway Museum.

Eversholt Rail, which leases the fleet to LNER, has supported the new special livery. www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/07/class-91-receive... #class_91 #EversholtRail #fleet #hst #LondonNorthEasternRailway #NationalRailwayMuseum

National Railway Museum to Feature New Exhibition A growing collection has been built at the National Railway Museum for its new exhibition 'Railway Futures: The Porterbrook Gallery'. The post National Railway Museum to Feature New Exhibition first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

#Environment #Hydroflex #Museum #NationalRailwayMuseum

National Railway Museum to Feature New Exhibition A growing collection has been built at the National Railway Museum for its new exhibition 'Railway Futures: The Porterbrook Gallery'. The post National Railway Museum to Feature New Exhibition first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

#Environment #Hydroflex #Museum #NationalRailwayMuseum

National Railway Museum to Feature New Exhibition A growing collection has been built at the National Railway Museum for its new exhibition ‘Railway Futures: The Porterbrook Gallery’.

“We’re incredibly grateful to Porterbrook for their generous support, which has made this ambitious, future-focused gallery possible. www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/07/national-railway... #environment #hydroflex #NationalRailwayMuseum

Flying Scotsman Returns to the West Somerset Railway From Monday, 28th June, the West Somerset Railway will see its first trains hauled by a special, world-famous locomotive. The post Flying Scotsman Returns to the West Somerset Railway first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

#BishopsLydeard #Minehead #NationalRailwayMuseum

Flying Scotsman Returns to the West Somerset Railway From Monday, 28th June, the West Somerset Railway will see its first trains hauled by a special, world-famous locomotive. The post Flying Scotsman Returns to the West Somerset Railway first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

#BishopsLydeard #Minehead #NationalRailwayMuseum

Flying Scotsman Returns to the West Somerset Railway From Monday, 28th June, the West Somerset Railway will see its first trains hauled by a special, world-famous locomotive.

Flying Scotsman Returns to the West Somerset Railway www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/06/flying-scotsman-... #BishopsLydeard #minehead #NationalRailwayMuseum #No_60103FlyingScotsman #RailAdvent #somerset #WestSomersetRailway