The Station Hall is set out like a mainline railway station from the heydays of the steam railway industry. Again, the lighting was very warm in tone but it created a lovely atmosphere within the "Station".
PLEASE CLICK ON THE 1ST PIC TO SEE THEM LARGE.
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Back in the day if you wanted to go onto the platform to see someone off or to just look
into the cab of a loco you would need to buy a Platform Ticket.
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| Each "platform" is set out with a waiting loco and carriages. |
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| A lot of freight was still being carried by rail. |
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| Anything, it seems, could go by train as long as it was correctly wrapped! |
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| Honeymoons would start with a train journey. |
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A Travelling Post Office Sorting Carriage.
Letters were sorted overnight to various cities & towns and dropped off along the route.
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Detail of the ornate brass door handles.
Modern carriages of course are streamlined with push buttons to open their doors.
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| There were 3 classes of service for rail passengers. |
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The Museum has a good restaurant here between the platforms.
EM5ii with 14-60mm Leica lens.
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