Phil's photos with the keyword: Museum

This display of a tiger & python was created in 1813 and was originally part of the William Bullock collection. William Bullock was a 19th Century entertainer whose collection of animals went on tour to various countries until eventually being put on display in the ‘Egyptian Hall’ in London. His exhibits were designed to amaze and awe the Victorian public. Since then this exhibit has been drawn and painted, an oil painting by Alexandre Isidore is part of the Louvre collection in Paris and a woodcut by Thomas Bewick also exists. In more recent times it has also been photographed by The National Geographic magazine. It is now probably the best-known exhibit in The Whitaker, a museum located in the town of Rawtenstall in North-West England. Photographed with a Nikon D300s camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2 and PicMonkey.

The old 19th Century mill (now a museum & cafe) at Hardcastle Crags near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, England. Photographed with a Nikon D300s camera and AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall, England. Born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining & engineering from an early age. The son of a mining captain, he performed poorly in school but went on to be an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport. His most significant contribution was the development of the first high-pressure steam engine. He also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive. On 21 February 1804 the world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place as Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. (Wikipedia) Camera: Sony RX100. Processing: Nikon Capture NX2.

No. 4468 Mallard is a London and North Eastern Railway Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built at Doncaster, England in 1938. It is historically significant because it is the holder of the world speed record for steam locomotives (126mph / 202.6kph). The A4 class was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley to power high-speed streamlined trains. The wind-tunnel-tested aerodynamic body and high power allowed the class to reach speeds of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h), although in everyday service it was relatively uncommon for any steam hauled service in the UK to reach even 90 mph, much less 100. Mallard covered almost one and a half million miles before it was retired in 1963. It was restored to working order in the 1980s but has not operated since, apart from hauling some specials between York and Scarborough in July 1986 and a couple of runs between York and Harrogate/Leeds around Easter 1987. Mallard is now part of the National Collection at the United Kingdom's National Railway Museum in York. On the weekend of 5 July 2008, Mallard was taken outside for the first time in years and displayed beside the three other A4s that are resident in the UK, thus reuniting them for the first time since preservation. It departed the museum for "Locomotion", the NRM's outbase at Shildon on the 23 June 2010, where it was a static exhibit until it was hauled back to York on 19 July 2011 and put back on display in its original location in the Great Hall. The locomotive is 70 ft (21 m) long and weighs 165 tons, including the tender. It is painted LNER garter blue with red wheels and steel rims. (Wikipedia).

BR standard class 9F number 92220 Evening Star is a preserved British steam locomotive completed in 1960. It was the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways. It holds the distinction of being the only British main line steam locomotive earmarked for preservation from the date of construction. It was the 999th locomotive of the whole British Railways Standard range. Evening Star was built at Swindon railway works in 1960. Though the last to be built, it was not the last 9F numerically as Crewe had already completed engines with higher numbers. It was equipped with a BR1G-type tender and given BR Brunswick green livery, normally reserved for passenger locomotives and was completed with a copper-capped double chimney. All other members of the class of heavy freight locomotives were painted unlined black. (Wikipedia). Photographed at the National Railway Museum in York, England.

"Stan" is the nickname given to a fossil Tyrannosaurus Rex found in Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, USA, in 1987 by Stan Sacrison. This cast of "Stan" measures nearly 12.2 metres long (approx. 40 feet) and is housed at the university museum in Manchester, North-West England. (There is a full-length / lower quality photo of Stan elsewhere in my "Manchester" album). Camera: Nikon D300s Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 Processed with Nikon Capture NX2

The Avro 707 was a British experimental aircraft which first flew in 1949. It was built to test the tailless, thick delta wing configuration chosen for the Avro 698 jet bomber, later named "Vulcan". Aerodynamically, the Avro 707 was a 1/3 - scale version of the famous Vulcan "V bomber" and it continued to be used for other research both in the UK and Australia until it was "retired" in 1967. Photographed at the Museum Of Science and Industry (M.O.S.I.) in Manchester, North-West England. Camera: Nikon D300s Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 Prcessed with Nikon Capture NX2

The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka ("cherry blossom") was a purpose-built kamikaze aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service towards the end of World War II. It was a small flying bomb that was carried underneath a bomber to within range of its target. On release, the pilot would first glide towards the target and when close enough he would fire the Ohka‍ '​s rocket-powered engine and dive against the target ship to destroy it. The final approach was almost unstoppable because the aircraft gained tremendous speed. Photographed at M.O.S.I. (Museum Of Science and Industry) in the city of Manchester, North-West England. Camera: Nikon D300s Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 Processed with Nikon Capture NX2

"Coppernob", a 0-4-0 steam locomotive built in 1846 for use on the Furness railway in North-West England. Photographed at the National Railway Museum in York, UK, a few years ago, this locomotive is currently on loan to the Verkehrsmuseum in Dresden, Germany. Camera: Nikon D90. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2. The Furness Railway was a railway company operating in the Furness area of Lancashire in North West England. The company was established on 23 May 1844 when the Furness Railway Act was passed by Parliament. The line, as originally laid, was intended principally for mineral traffic (slate and iron ore) and extended from Kirkby-in-Furness to Dalton-in-Furness; this was later extended to Rampside and a later line was built from Dalton to Barrow. That portion was opened in August 1846. Passenger traffic began in December 1846. Subsequent extensions took the railway to Ulverston in April 1854; the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway was taken over in 1865 thus extending the Furness Railway to Whitehaven, Carnforth (where the Furness linked with the London and North Western Railway and thence to Lancaster, Coniston and Lakeside). The line was linked to Lancaster on 27 August 1857 by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway, which was bought out by the Furness Railway in 1862. (Wikipedia).

This engine was built in 1935 at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England and was designed by Colonel Kenneth Cantile (a British railway advisor to the Chinese government) for passenger and freight service on the Chinese railway network. The engine is 28.3 metres (93 feet) long and weighs 195 tonnes. It carries 12.2 tonnes of coal and 24,410 litres (6469 UK gallons) of water and is capable of pulling a load of 609 tonnes at a speed of up to 50 mph on level ground. Each of the 8 main driving wheels is almost 1.8 metres (approx. 6 feet) in diameter. During the Second World War it was captured and used by the Imperial Japanese army. After the war it was used again on the Chinese rail network until 1981 when it was donated to the people of Britain as a gift from the people of China and put on static display at the National Railway Museum in York. Camera: Nikon D90. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

This huge engine was built in 1935 at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England and was designed by Colonel Kenneth Cantile (a British railway advisor to the Chinese government) for passenger and freight service on the Chinese railway network. The engine is 28.3 metres (93 feet) long and weighs 195 tonnes. It carries 12.2 tonnes of coal and 24,410 litres (6469 UK gallons) of water and is capable of pulling a load of 609 tonnes at a speed of up to 50 mph on level ground. Each of the 8 main driving wheels is almost 1.8 metres (approx. 6 feet) in diameter. During the Second World War it was captured and used by the Imperial Japanese army. After the war it was used again on the Chinese rail network until 1981, when it was donated to the people of Britain as a gift from the people of China and was put on static display at the National Railway Museum in York. Camera: Nikon D90. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

The Livingston Thompson, a "Double Fairlie" 0-4-4-0T type locomotive (built in 1885 and operated on the Ffestiniog Railway), now restored as a static display at the National Railway Museum in York. The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a 23.5 inches wide (597 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway located in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park. The railway is roughly 13 miles (21 km) long and runs from the harbour at Porthmadog to the slate-mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, travelling through forested and mountainous scenery. The line is single track throughout with four intermediate passing places. The narrow gauge track allows trains to inter-work through to the Welsh Highland Railway of 1922 (operated by the Ffestiniog). The first mile of the line out of Porthmadog runs atop an embankment locally called "the Cob", which is the dyke of the Traeth Mawr "polder". The railway company is properly known as the "Festiniog Railway Company" and this obsolete but contemporary spelling is the official title of the company as defined by the Act (2 William IV cap.xlviii) that created the railway. It is the oldest surviving railway company in the world (although not the oldest still working - a record which goes to the Middleton Railway), having been founded by the Act of Parliament on 23 May 1832 with capital mostly raised in Dublin by Henry Archer, the company's first secretary and managing director. Most British railways were amalgamated into four large groups in 1921 and then into British Railways in 1948 but the Festiniog Railway Company, in common with most narrow gauge railways, remained independent. (Wikipedia). Camera Nikon D90. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2. More information & photos here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffestiniog_Railway_rolling_stock

A 19th Century horse-drawn London fire engine made by Merryweather & Sons, photographed at the National Railway Museum in York, England. Merryweather & Sons of Clapham, later Greenwich, London, were builders of steam fire engines and steam tram engines. The founder was Moses Merryweather (1791–1872) of Clapham, who was joined by his son Richard Moses (1839–1877). The Merryweathers worked with the engineer Edward Field to fit his design of a vertical boiler onto a horse-drawn platform. They successfully applied it for use in their steam fire engine, thus improving water pressure and making it easier to use once steam had been got up. It was reckoned that an engine could get up enough pressure to pump within ten minutes of a call out; the fire could be started before leaving the fire station so there would be enough pressure by the time they arrived at the scene of the fire. Appliances were available in small sizes suitable for a country house, pumping about 100 gallons per minute, through to large dockyard models, rated at 2000 gallons per minute. (Wikipedia). www.ipernity.com/group/history

A Japanese "Bullet train" which also contains an information centre with film-shows. Photographed at the National Railway Museum, York, UK.

Camera: Nikon D90 + 16-85mm Lens. The National Railway Museum (NRM) is a museum in York forming part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001. It is the home of the national collection of historically significant railway vehicles, as well as a collection of other artefacts and both written and pictorial records. (Wikipedia) www.ipernity.com/group/england

Taken with HTC "Desire" Smartphone at the Manchester University museum, England.