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Visited the 'Brass, Steel and Fire' exhibition at York before it moves to the Science Museum in London. Exhibition signage, the original rocket, in the beginning, Salamanca showing the Middleton Railway's cogwheel system, moving on, Canterbury and Whitstable locomotive by Edward Fletcher, test carriage by William Hedley and Wylam colleagues, William Hedley's twin cylinder locomotive, Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, incline winding engine model by Thomas Greener, trying new ideas, Cosmo Bonsor by Jim Crebbin, 19th Century toy locomotive ('dribbler'), other models, toys for children - and grown-ups, garden railway locomotive by Edward Leatham, selling engines, Egyptian locomotive, Topsy, Charles Spooner, references, some photos courtesy Jason Hynes, National Railway Museum |