Inside Clapham Museum of Transport ? 1966
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Inside Clapham Museum of Transport ? 1966
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 12 Sep 1966
Housed in what had been a London Transport bus garage, it's core was the London Transport historic collection, but by this time a number of national exhibits had been added. The railway exhibits formed the basis of what would become the National Railway Museum at York, whilst the London-specific items largely ended up at the Covent Garden Museum. In the foreground is one of the earliest surviving steam locomotives, Furness Railway no.3, built in 1846 to the design of Edward Bury of Liverpool. This type of locomotive became the standard for many of the early English railways, including the London and Birmingham Railway.
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