National Railway Museum, York, 1976
16 Les Tindall photos taken the year after museum had opened in the former York loco shed (50A). Most of the exhibits had come from the old York museum or from Clapham. The building was completely rebuilt 1990 - 1992 when one of its two turntables was removed. There is now little trace of its original function as seen in these photos.
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![London & North Western Rly 2-2-2 [1868], National Railway Museum, York, 2 October 1976. Originally Grand Junction Rly No 49 Columbine. Built in 1845 to a design by Richard Trevithick's son Francis, the GJR's locomotive superintendent. It was the 20th of over 7000 locos built at Crewe. Note the lack of a cabside number. The loco had previously been displayed in the old York railway museum. In 2017 it was on display in the Science Museum, London, without the cab and tender seen here. Photo by Les Tindall.](https://photos.smugmug.com/BritishheritagerailwaysI/National-Railway-Museum-York-1976/i-sTGnfPw/1/8c24551d/Ti/LT4539c11iw-Ti.jpg)
![North Eastern Rly No 1 [ 26500 ], National Railway Museum, York, 2 October 1976. 600hp, 600V DC Bo-Bo loco built in 1905 by Brush with electrical equipment by British Thomson Houston for the NER's freight only Quayside branch in Newcastle. Fitted with conductor shoes and a pantograph on the roof, as the branch had an overhead wire but a third rail in a tunnel. Worked on the branch with sister loco 26501 until it closed in 1964. The loco had not been displayed previously, and had been stored at Hellifield 1965 - 1966. By 2012 it was at Locomotion, Shildon. Photo by Les Tindall.](https://photos.smugmug.com/BritishheritagerailwaysI/National-Railway-Museum-York-1976/i-6C2vtqf/1/8675a511/Ti/LT4558c11iw-Ti.jpg)