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The National Railway Museum is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year to their sites at York and Shildon. Play our quiz to find out more about the NRM and what you can see and do there.

  1. How many locomotives are in the NRM collection?

  2. Which famous holder of the official world speed record for steam locomotives is part of the NRM collection?

  3. Where is the National Railway Museum based?

  4. How much does it cost to visit both of the NRM sites?

  5. The Chinese Government Railways steam locomotive 4-8-4 KF7 class, No 607, weighs the same as how many 10-year olds?

  6. Which item of railway architecture forms the centrepiece of the Great Hall at the museum?

  7. The museum houses a Japanese '0 Series Shinkansen'. Which famous train is this associated with?

  8. The museum has a statue of the man who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives. Who is he?

  9. In 2004 the National Railway Museum rescued which famous locomotive for the nation?

  10. How many miles did the Flying Scotsman travel in its career before being withdrawn from service in 1963?

Find more information at the National Railway Museum website.

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