As part of the recent rebuilding of the Museum, the team of volunteers have taken great care to make sure that the storage of operational materials are handled away from those areas in which visitors want to focus on the heritage aspects of their tour.

After a great deal of hard work, the team succeeded in relocating a range of poor quality facilities to open up the frontage of the historic Harston Locomotive Shed and in the process revealed a mature and interesting hedgeline.

It is intended that this area will now be accessible for all visitors and from time to time will feature a new or unique rail exhibit accessible for close quarters inspection.

The area also allows far greater opportunity to watch the rail operations in the busy ‘throat’ of the yard while providing a prime spot to photograph the locomotive taking coal and water at our new servicing facilities recently constructed.

Early visitors commented that the wide expanse of countryside which removal of the box vans has opened up is in stark contrast to the previous impression the Museum gave.

We hope that you will appreciate the effort needed to improve this area of the Museum and hope that you will visit soon.