The Museum exhibition has been created so you can explore how the steam locomotive functions, who 'made it go', and how it was built - from the drawing board to the workshop and even to the publicity photograph.

You will also discover how the steam locomotive has fascinated generations of children and adults alike through playing with model railways and even the real thing!  

A short guide through railway history will help you come to understand how the railway system has expanded and contracted throughout the life of the steam locomotive - the most human of man's inventions: one that has provided service, employment, and 'wonder' for two hundred years.

A selection of archive film (courtesy of the British Film Institute), and other audio-visual productions, specially chosen to compliment the exhibits are also shown regularly.

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