National Railway Museum, 2012: Modern traction

34 photos, most taken in 2010 - 2012, of diesel and electric locos and multiple-units, shown in order of building. Some exhibits are part of the national railway collection but have subsequently left York.

LMS motor brake third 28249, National Railway Museum, York, Sat 27 March 2010. Built in 1915 as LNWR 31E by Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon with electrical kit by Oerlikon of Switzerland for the London Broad Street - Richmond electrification. The oldest passenger-carrying multiple-unit coach in Britain, it worked until 1960.

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LMS motor brake third 28249, National Railway Museum, York, Sat 27 March 2010. Built in 1915 as LNWR 31E by Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon with electrical kit by Oerlikon of Switzerland for the London Broad Street - Richmond electrification. The oldest passenger-carrying multiple-unit coach in Britain, it worked until 1960.

National Railway Museum York photos NRM LNWR LMS EMU 28249