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I was in the NRM yesterday and noticed that 26020 has been moved. When I looked a bit closer, the pantographs were both down. Then I saw this......D92BB5A2-CEB7-4294-899A-A311745A88A0.jpeg.bad65ffd8cd1d8a5ed6538049fc58f1c.jpeg

A damaged pantograph. I can only assume it happened while they were moving it. 

 

Does anyone else else know what happened to it?

 

John

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On 03/12/2020 at 17:24, Adam88 said:

They've even managed to lose a few full size locomotives recently.

Nothing new there sadly.

More and more space sacrificed to seating / coffee shop etc.

Personally If I wanted a coffee I would go to a coffee shop. I want to see exhibits and locos at the NRM not folks having coffees.

Appreciate the dynamics of economics though frustrated it is becoming less about floor space for locos etc and more about selling coffees. Commercialism!

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On 03/12/2020 at 17:24, Adam88 said:

They've even managed to lose a few full size locomotives recently.

 

That reminds me of a story of signalman who managed to lose a full size class 31 many moons ago. The rub to the story was the engine that was sent out to locate the loco was the same one that he lost.

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On 07/08/2020 at 23:43, John76 said:

I was in the NRM yesterday and noticed that 26020 has been moved. When I looked a bit closer, the pantographs were both down. Then I saw this......D92BB5A2-CEB7-4294-899A-A311745A88A0.jpeg.bad65ffd8cd1d8a5ed6538049fc58f1c.jpeg

A damaged pantograph. I can only assume it happened while they were moving it. 

 

Does anyone else else know what happened to it?

 

John

Hi John,

 

The whole place is run by academics, QED.

 

Gibbo.

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On 21/02/2021 at 23:16, Opelsi said:

Nothing new there sadly.

More and more space sacrificed to seating / coffee shop etc.

Personally If I wanted a coffee I would go to a coffee shop. I want to see exhibits and locos at the NRM not folks having coffees.

Appreciate the dynamics of economics though frustrated it is becoming less about floor space for locos etc and more about selling coffees. Commercialism!

The NRM have to be almost self sufficient. It needs the income from the Commercial sections. |It doesn't rally los that much space and remember that most of the visitors are not enthusiasts, they are ordinary punters and may are families with kids that get bored after a short time.

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1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

The NRM have to be almost self sufficient. It needs the income from the Commercial sections. |It doesn't rally los that much space and remember that most of the visitors are not enthusiasts, they are ordinary punters and may are families with kids that get bored after a short time.

P

The plan of the previous director, as presented at an AGM of the Friends of NRM, appeared to have removed virtually all rolling stock, Locos etc from the main hall to make a space to explain railways.

 

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On 21/02/2021 at 23:16, Opelsi said:

Nothing new there sadly.

More and more space sacrificed to seating / coffee shop etc.

Personally If I wanted a coffee I would go to a coffee shop. I want to see exhibits and locos at the NRM not folks having coffees.

Appreciate the dynamics of economics though frustrated it is becoming less about floor space for locos etc and more about selling coffees. Commercialism!

Please don't get me going on my views of the London Transport Museum and its policy of selling admission tickets as annual passes, which in my view encourages local families with young children to use it as a playground with attached coffee and gift shops. This is based on my experiences in 2016. I would like to think that it has improved since then.

 

LT Museum Metropolitan Railway No 23 and young admirer.jpg

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3 hours ago, Butler Henderson said:

Most museums have to be run on a commercial basis and cafes etc are were large profits can be made. It's a matter of striking the correct balance between commercial facilities and the museum features. 

 

Well, I have been known to visit Morrisons just for a breakfast not shopping, so a similar scenario?

 

Mike.

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13 hours ago, phil_sutters said:

Please don't get me going on my views of the London Transport Museum and its policy of selling admission tickets as annual passes, which in my view encourages families with young children to use it as a playground with attached coffee and gift shops. This is based on my experiences in 2016. I would like to think that it has improved since then.

It was a lot better when I visited in early March 2020. In fact, most of the London museums I visited that weekend were nice and empty....

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57 minutes ago, pete_mcfarlane said:

It was a lot better when I visited in early March 2020. In fact, most of the London museums I visited that weekend were nice and empty....

Maybe the use of annual passes and similar offers will be reduced in order to keep control of numbers, at least for a year or two. Back in 2016 I think that pass holders were fast-tracked in, while new visitors had to queue. We waited for about 25 minutes. It was a half-term, but when else were two school-aged children going to be able to visit? The queue seemed to be caused by processing ticket sales rather than capacity issues. I don't know whether there was a limit on numbers in the museum, but it just seemed packed. As one can see from my photos there were masses of under-fives in buggies, out of buggies and walking, some with older children but many without. The museum didn't then have any obvious way to register one's views on the 'visitor experience'.

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Heaven forbid young children should be encouraged to take some enjoyment from spending time around railway equipment!

 

Many visitor attractions have a ticketing system where you pay once and can return anytime in the next 12 months for free. The Black Country Living Museum is one I can think of that I've visited recently. The vast majority of these will make more from cafe and shop sales to parents than they ever will selling tickets to enthusiasts.

 

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On 28/05/2021 at 15:44, Steven B said:

Heaven forbid young children should be encouraged to take some enjoyment from spending time around railway equipment!

 

Many visitor attractions have a ticketing system where you pay once and can return anytime in the next 12 months for free. The Black Country Living Museum is one I can think of that I've visited recently. The vast majority of these will make more from cafe and shop sales to parents than they ever will selling tickets to enthusiasts.

 

Steven B.

The problem was that my two grandchildren, who were of an age to learn from the exhibits could not do that as they were constantly having to dodge smaller children just running around and queue while toddlers were playing in the exhibits which were open to view.

The Black Country Living Museum and other attractions like The Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, have plenty of room to move around around. Exhibits with more adult appeal, like the Mary Rose gallery are carefully stewarded. I was very happy to take advantage of the year-long access to Portsmouth and returned several times with the very same children, visiting a couple of the main attractions each time. With Southern's £2 flat child fare and a pensioner's railcard, return visits from East Sussex came in at well under twenty quid a day, plus ice-creams and a fish and chip supper, looking out at HMS Warrior.

The London Transport Museum is a confined space, but did not then seem to control the numbers. Doubtless now it will have to.

I am very happy to encourage young children to appreciate our transport history (see below), but I still maintain that in this inner city location it was being used as a free play area, once the initial admission had been paid.

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