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Photos of the National Railway Museum

A visual tour of historic carriages and engineering landmarks in York.

Get a visual preview of the National Railway Museum's impressive collection before your visit to York. Our curated gallery showcases landmark locomotives, historic carriages, and interactive spaces that bring railway history to life. Explore these photos to plan your journey and spot the highlights you do not want to miss.

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Railway history in photos
Browse photos of landmark locomotives, historic carriages, and interactive galleries to preview your visit.
Exterior entrance of the National Railway Museum featuring a large 'RAILWAY MUSEUM' sign atop a modern glass canopy next to a red brick building under a cloudy sky
Three historic green and black steam locomotives with red buffer beams displayed side by side inside a large museum hall with a blue steel-trussed ceiling.
Wide interior view of the National Railway Museum's Great Hall showing multiple historic locomotives on display, including a large black steam engine and a British Rail train, with visitors walking on the ground floor beneath a blue steel roof structure.
Green and yellow Deltic diesel locomotive D9009 Alycidon on display inside a museum hall with blue steel roof trusses and overhead lighting.
Multiple historic railway semaphore signals with red, white, and yellow arms displayed under a blue steel truss ceiling inside a museum hall.
White and blue Shinkansen bullet train on indoor display, showing the rounded nose cone, orange headlight, and side passenger windows
Blue and orange diesel locomotive numbered 31018 on display inside a large museum hall with blue steel roof trusses
Black steam locomotive with red buffer beam and cowcatcher on display inside a museum hall, with another locomotive visible behind it
A large red and black steam locomotive numbered 5972 sits on railway tracks outdoors under a partly cloudy sky, with another locomotive partially visible to the right
A lineup of historic steam locomotives in black, green, and yellow livery displayed inside the National Railway Museum's large exhibition hall with a steel truss ceiling
Interior of the Station Hall at the National Railway Museum, showing historic locomotives and carriages on either side of a wide platform, with banners hanging from the glass roof.
High-angle view of a large museum warehouse interior with storage racks, artifacts, and a large white sculptural group on a raised platform, with numbered aisle signs hanging from the ceiling
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