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  View of No 214 Gladstone, National Railway Museum, Treasurer's House, York, North Yorkshire, England   York.

No 214 Gladstone, built in 1882 and, when withdrawn for preservation in April 1927, had covered 1,346,918 miles on the London Brighton & South Coast Railway.

 

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  View of the Japanese Bullet Train, National Railway Museum, York, North Yorkshire, England   York.

The Shinkansen (Japanese Bullet Train) from 1976 ran at speeds of up to 130 miles per hour. This is the only example on display outside Japan.

 

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  View of the interior of the Japanese Bullet Train, National Railway Museum, North Yorkshire, England   York.

The interior of the Japanese Bullet train looks more like an aircraft than a train.

 

 

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  Photograph of the KF7 Chinese Locomotive, York, North Yorkshire, England   York.

The KF7 locomotive built in Britain in 1935 for use on the Chinese railways. The weight of the locomotive is 115 tons, the tender 193 tons and the diameter of the driving wheels is 5 feet 8 inches.

Standing next to this locomotive makes it seem gigantic which isn't surprising really - it IS gigantic.

 

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