Touché .
I don’t think anyone’s (well I’m certainly not) saying it should be on display in the NRM proper*.
Just that it’s an important survivor and that it’s good that it has lasted to be valued by those that appreciate that kind of thing (and there seems to be quite a few looking at the way crowd funding is going).
At the end of the day the NRM has to provide a day out for normal folks (whatever they are) and I think they do a good job of that. They’ve moved a lot of stuff on to other groups in the last few years rather than have them taking up space or slowly deteriorating plus they’ve got Shildon now as well of course.
I’m looking forward to seeing the new museum at Leicester when it opens so that there’s an outpost of the NRM within reach of us.
Personally I’d like to see the story of the research done at the Railway Technical Centre at Derby told properly somewhere as I feel that it was important in the scheme of things (the APT being part of that story - but only a part), but that’s just my wish and it’s probably not going to bring millions of visitors through the door.
* The APT would take up far too much room in the NRM anyway, room that could be used for a giant picture of Darlo standing on a North East cliff top screaming “TRAINSPOTTERS!!” Into the wind...
I don’t think anyone’s (well I’m certainly not) saying it should be on display in the NRM proper*.
Just that it’s an important survivor and that it’s good that it has lasted to be valued by those that appreciate that kind of thing (and there seems to be quite a few looking at the way crowd funding is going).
At the end of the day the NRM has to provide a day out for normal folks (whatever they are) and I think they do a good job of that. They’ve moved a lot of stuff on to other groups in the last few years rather than have them taking up space or slowly deteriorating plus they’ve got Shildon now as well of course.
I’m looking forward to seeing the new museum at Leicester when it opens so that there’s an outpost of the NRM within reach of us.
Personally I’d like to see the story of the research done at the Railway Technical Centre at Derby told properly somewhere as I feel that it was important in the scheme of things (the APT being part of that story - but only a part), but that’s just my wish and it’s probably not going to bring millions of visitors through the door.
* The APT would take up far too much room in the NRM anyway, room that could be used for a giant picture of Darlo standing on a North East cliff top screaming “TRAINSPOTTERS!!” Into the wind...