Running the Model Railway | Behind the Scenes at the National Railway Museum

All aboard!

We’re going small scale in a big way, as we take you behind the scenes of our model railway layout—a popular spot in our museum since 1981. In this video you'll see our dedicated technicians and volunteers in action, maintaining tracks, servicing rolling stock and ensuring everything runs smoothly… and springing to action when disaster strikes!

Operating 362 days a year, our model railway wouldn’t be able to run without the hard work and passion of the technicians and volunteering team who so lovingly care for it.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:32 The day begins
00:52 History of the layout
03:10 The maintenance room
04:25 Cleaning the track
05:47 How to clean the rolling stock
08:00 Technology of the model railway
09:30 The trackside camera
12:55 The nerve centre
15:17 How to make the landscape
19:08 Outro
20:02 Credits

Image Credit:
David Jenkinson, An Appreciation (Railway Modeller & Continental Modeller CD ROM 2004)

This episode was filmed at the National Railway Museum in York. To find out more about the museum, head to https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/

To find out more about volunteering at our museum, that's here: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/abou...