I grew up going to the Illinois Railway Museum which is largest railway museum in the US, even bigger then our National Railway Museum in Green Bay. While I love the Illinois Railway Museum, everything there is kept in barns and feels so cramped. This seems otherworldly by comparison. Not gonna lie I’m extremely jealous.
@@nextstopstapleton definitely worth checking out if you’re ever in the Chicago area. However somewhat ironically you need a car to get there lol But if you look it up, there’s a lot of great videos of it here on UA-cam
6:34 what is that locomotive? Also, is there supposed to be an engine leaving the museum at some point? Only curious because there are a lot of locos in the station hall that I want to see on display still and if an engine leaves there's a chance another will be displayed in it's place.
I believe the loco is the 45690 Leander. With the Station Hall closed having its roof and some walls worked on, I'm not really sure what's going to be in there when it reopens. I think it's meant to be centering around stories of people who worked on and used the railways, so potentially it could be a very different space. If anyone knows anymore, I'd be interested to hear.
The high light of my last visit to the then National Railway Museum was the 6 remaining A4's side by side to celebrate the 75th birthday of Mallard's speed record. Very busy but I enjoyed the visit.
That sounds amazing. I'd love to have seen that. I think they've realised how popular and busy these events can get, the Flying Scotsman event was ticketed with timeslots.
Built in my home town in 1923. We are so proud of her❤️❤️🚂🚂
That's awesome! She's one of my favourite locos!
I grew up going to the Illinois Railway Museum which is largest railway museum in the US, even bigger then our National Railway Museum in Green Bay.
While I love the Illinois Railway Museum, everything there is kept in barns and feels so cramped. This seems otherworldly by comparison. Not gonna lie I’m extremely jealous.
Being the largest in the US is very impressive though! I'd love to see that!
@@nextstopstapleton definitely worth checking out if you’re ever in the Chicago area. However somewhat ironically you need a car to get there lol
But if you look it up, there’s a lot of great videos of it here on UA-cam
@@Mr.E723 😆 that is ironic.
I'll be sure to check some out, thanks.
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6:34 what is that locomotive? Also, is there supposed to be an engine leaving the museum at some point? Only curious because there are a lot of locos in the station hall that I want to see on display still and if an engine leaves there's a chance another will be displayed in it's place.
I believe the loco is the 45690 Leander.
With the Station Hall closed having its roof and some walls worked on, I'm not really sure what's going to be in there when it reopens. I think it's meant to be centering around stories of people who worked on and used the railways, so potentially it could be a very different space.
If anyone knows anymore, I'd be interested to hear.
The high light of my last visit to the then National Railway Museum was the 6 remaining A4's side by side to celebrate the 75th birthday of Mallard's speed record. Very busy but I enjoyed the visit.
That sounds amazing. I'd love to have seen that.
I think they've realised how popular and busy these events can get, the Flying Scotsman event was ticketed with timeslots.
I remeber that. So much fun, especially for a big A4 like myself.
I wanna be there SOOOOOOOOOO badly
It's a great day out, made even better by seeing Flying Scotsman.
I can't wait to see what they've done with the other galleries when I next visit.
I feel York should give us (Darlington/Shildon Railway Museum) the rocket back.
Why was it moved from there to York? Do you know?