XII 



THE YORK RAILWAY MUSEUM AND ITS 

 LOCOMOTIVES 



THE London and North-Eastern railway 

 have placed all railwaymen, and also mem- 

 bers of the general public interested in the 

 iron road, under a deep obligation by the 

 formation of their Railway Museum at 

 York. True, it comes rather late in the 

 day, and, alas, many remarkable links with 

 the early days of the railways are neces- 

 sarily lost to us. There were isolated at- 

 tempts at preservation, some by the railways 

 themselves, others by private individuals, 

 such as the late Mr. Boulton. In too 

 many instances, however, after the form- 

 ation of a collection of railway objects a 

 turn in the wheel saw them dispersed; 

 too often broken up, and thus lost for all 

 time. 



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