Photo time. Having missed out earlier on a steam train ride it was time to enjoy the majesty and splendour of the old locomotives and carriages of the past. I remember as a child writing down the numbers of the trains and coaches and in later years chasing the Flying Scotsman when it visited South Australia. Standing on a platform as it clamboured past and enjoying the smell of the soot and steam once it had gone. As you will see in the end few photos, it is once again in pieces, being restored. So if you don't like trains, then skip this section as everyone I could get in to see, walk on and sit in, I took every opportunity. The love of steamand trains must have come from my father as we grew up with 'playing' with trains in the attic in our home in England.

Some driving wheels at the entrance to NRM.	Yipee - it's open so off we go.	What section first... to the Great Hall.	The first exhibit.
Hardwick No. 790.	On the turntable.	An interesting engine.	Passenger Tank Locomotive No. 87.
No. 87.	Inside the cabin. Polished copper pipes.	The Aberdonian.	Badges of trains from yesteryear.
And some more.	A Beam Engine.	Passenger Tender Locomotive No. 1000.	No. 1000.

Locomotives and Gai around the turn table.	Saddle Tank Locomotive - Wren	The Wren	Cutaway sections allow you to see inside the boilers.
From the top of a railway bridge.	Engines everywhere.	The other side.	And some more.
More cut away sections.	Model of the Flying Scotsman.	Some history of The Flying Scotsman.	The Badges.
Replica Models are everywhere.	And more.	And more.	The chasis of the Flying Scotsman.
Undergoing restoration.	Her Tender.	Some fine art.	Outside looking at York Station
Us, with the lines as a backdrop.	Gai resting inside the Bullet Train.	More resties.	Stairway to Paradise. Check out the smile..
More engines.	The Travelling Post Office.	More things to inspect.	Inside the Travelling Post Office.
The Catcher.	The Dynamoter Car - used for verifying speeds.