Superbly furnished with antiques and hung with fine paintings

National Railway Museum

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The National Railway Museum houses the world's pre-eminent railway collection, which traces the evolution of the railway from the origins of the steam locomotive in Britain nearly two hundred years ago to the railway renaissance of the late twentieth century, epitomised by the channel tunnel.

The collection includes 103 locomotives and 177 other items of rolling stock, the collection tells the railway story from Rocket to Eurostar. Permanent displays include the jewel in our crown - "Palaces on Wheels". With Royal saloons dating back to the pre-Victorian era, visitors have the rare chance to glimpse inside the sumptuous bedrooms, dining rooms and day saloons which really are palaces on wheels.

The National Collection also includes a host of other artefacts associated with National railways, such as 3,300 models, 6,500 items of silver and crockery, over 300 nameplates, 350,000 tickets, 1,800 buttons and 1.4 million negatives, 350,000 engineering drawings, 7,500 posters, 200 original works of art. The Museum also maintains an extensive reference library, available to the public.

These collections bring us the history of railways, provide glimpses into the future and offer an opportunity to explore some of the most challenging and romantic episodes of the past two hundred years.