The LNER Encyclopedia

Photos from the NRM York a couple of weeks ago of the LNER exhibits on display;



4468 'Mallard'



1920 NER water crane





LNER Commer van



J36 'Maude'



Great Northern Railway J52 1247



NER BTP Tank



NER Q6 0-8-0



Claud Hamilton



NER J25



V2 4771 'Green Arrow'



NER 'Aerolite'



GER J69



Stockton and Darlington 'Long Boiler' 1001 class



NER Dynamometer car from the 'Mallard's' record breaking run



A short walk from the museum is the impressive 1906 North Eastern Railway Headquarters, as well as the 1923 built memorial to the North Eastern Railway Men that died in the Great War, which i'll feature in a later post

Let's not forget 2509 Silver Link

Thanks, both. Haven't been to the NRM for some years now, so your photos are much appreciated

I only went last week and snapped up plenty of piccies. I can post them all if you like

Daft question, but I don't really follow the locomotive but expected to see it at York - where is Flying Scotsman at the moment?

Isn't it all over the floor of one of Ian Riley's workshops?

Ay up!

4472 is indeed reduced to a kit of parts once more at Riley's. Latest news is that all the frame stretchers will need replacing.

£ 4472 should just about cover it

mr b

times that by 1000
£4472000

That might be a bit more accurate for overall expenses

The model of Silver Link is interesting as it shows it in it's early condition - painted name, short buffers to front and recessed coupling. The latter 2 items being altered after the fatal accident at Kings Cross.

The Silver Link model is indeed most important since it was produced and painted by the apprentices at the Plant in 1935 when 2509 was built. It is therefore an exact match of the three tones of grey used on the original since, bacuse the NRM realised this, it has never been repainted. It did a stint at the South Ken Museum for some years but I am glad to see that it is now back 'home'.

does it have a boiler etc, or is it purely a display model?

Re the photo of the former NER headquarters (now a hotel) the original York station (on the right of the picture) is currently being wrecked to become the new Council offices. I was in a local sandwich shop and one of the builders mentioned that it had been gutted and "loads of solid oak dors had been skipped". I asked him if there had been any railwayana in there and he said "oh yeah pictures of men with engines, chairs, letter racks and all that - it all went in the skip!".

Ye Gods, that's disgusting. You'd think someone with an ounce of gumption in the York council hierarchy (oh sorry, it's a governmental body of sorts) or from the NRM would have thought that there just might be something of value in there. Be careful out there folks, they really do walk among us.

Oh dear PinzaC55, I think you have been lead up the garden path.
It is a grade 2* listed building and rest assured English Heritage is keeping a very close eye on it ...their offices are opposite the site.
I went round the site just before it was sold, and many times since, the day after the last tennent left I was in every room in the building inc the basement and if I had seen anything old, ie photos, documents etc they would been in my collection now...there was nothing, even the training railway had gone.
The person you spoke to would not have been on the site to see the items you say were skipped, unless he was part of the contractors very small site managment team at the time, or worked for the demolition sub contractors and wold he know what was important ?...anyone after the demolition works is new and more than likley a sub contractor. All doors that were considered important historically and to the character of the building were kept in aggreement with EH and the planners, many flush modern doors installed by BR were skipped, along with modern chairs and desks left behind by the departing railway companies that had used the building to the end.
I hope this reassures you, it is much better that this historic building has found a use and especially as an important civic building.