National Railway Museum York
National collection of locomotives and royal carriages, from Victorian saloons to record-breaking steam.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the National Railway Museum in York stops beside Queen Victoria's saloon in Station Hall, built in eighteen sixty-nine by one of the railway companies competing for her custom. It follows the Queen on her journeys north to Balmoral, and the curious relationship between a monarch, her stomach and the royal dining car. Along the way you'll hear about the speed rules she set for her drivers. Stand at the window of her carriage, where the platform puts you at eye height.
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