We'd just got to Didcot and jumped out of the train. Back in the Tyseley Locomotive Works we'd not seen the engines as the platform was short and we had to get on the train at coach H and walk all the way through the train to coach B.So as soon as we arrived we legged it up to the front of the trains to see the engines.
As you can see, the stokers had a very traditional 'costume' with blue boiler suits and red neckerchiefs! They looked really great.
The Didcot railway museum entrance is inside Didcot mainline station. The museum itself is made up of sidings and sheds alongside the main station. It's a working bit of history. It's a fab museum.
The 2 engines from our train were brought into the sidings to be serviced for the return journey - they had to take water on board and continue to be stoked...
The rest of the time we spent in the museum, we wandered into the train sheds, walked up and down the tracks in the museum looking at the trains, and we chatted to many nice people (they will be the subject of another post!)
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