Railway Research Trip; Liverpewwwlll

This was an interesting research trip- the Museum of Liverpool, mainly to get some decent shots of the Overhead Railway exhibit.

Oh, and the magnificent "Lion"; I actually have one of Hornby's models of this, though not sure what to do with it. It was very much an impulse purchase with some reward points and money from an article a few years ago, so I took the opportunity to get some decent reference pics.

The set-up in this hall is pretty impressive; the recreated section of the Overhead Railway is really very impressive, it's such a shame there's only two cars from the old trains still survive.

There's the potential for a piece for Hornby later in the year, so again, it was all about getting reference pics.

Back to "Lion". The balconies allow some useful angles.

There's some interesting models in this gallery too; I love all these custom-designed, child-friendly interractive exhibits.

Some vintage tinplate, made in Liverpool. Always wanted one of those green tender locos.

A very impressive exhibit; the big model of the Festival site from the 1980's...

...and a slightly gloomily-lit model of the docks.

Mindyou, the real docks were a bit gloomy outside. Still, a useful visit, and at least there's something of the old Overhead Railway preserved. The Museums organisation have quite a few railway artefacts, some very rare, but they're stored out of sight. It's nice that at least some of it is on show though.