On display at National Railway Museum, York, England are Station Gates, London & Birmingham Railway. Heavy wrought iron with ornamental locks bearing L & BR crest. These elaborate cast iron gates are from the Doric portico that formed the entrance to the original Euston station in London.
A cutaway of a steam locomotive at National Railway Museum, York reveals the colorful symmetry of steam pipes.
National Railway Museum in York, England has steam locomotive No. 390 built in Glasgow, Great Britain in 1896 to haul trains of products to the ports of South Africa for export.
Milk trains were introduced to transport raw milk from remote farms to central creameries. This wagon was used on the London, Midland & Scottish Railway which collected milk from Cumbria and North Wales. Tank wagon, No ADW44057, six wheeled United Dairies milk wagon with glass-lined tank, built in Derby 1937 on display at National Railway Museum, York, England. Length over buffers: 23′ 11″; width 8′ 7″; height 12′ 9″.
An ornate wheel for a rail engine displayed at National Railway Museum in York, England.
Mallard is an A4 class locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley located at National Railway Museum, York. The A4s were built to power high-speed trains in the late 1930s, and their shape was honed in a wind tunnel to help them cut through the air as cleanly as possible. This powerful, aerodynamic masterpiece rocketed to 126mph in 1938, a steam speed record that was never surpassed.
The locomotive is 70 ft long and weighs 168 tons, including the tender. It is painted LNER garter blue with red wheels and steel rims.
A replica of a coach built in 1930, based on one built in 1834 – railway carriage, ‘Traveler’, four wheeled, 1st Class, Liverpool & Manchester Railway at National Railway Museum, York, England.
Rocket was designed by Robert Stephenson in 1829, and built at the Forth Street Works of his company in Newcastle upon Tyne. Though the Rocket was not the first steam locomotive, it was the first to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day.
This replica of Stephenson’s “Rocket” is housed in the National Railway Museum in York. The original has been preserved and is on display in the Science Museum in London.
The National Railway Museum in York tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. Visitors can see amazing rail vehicles including Mallard, the world’s fastest steam locomotive and step back into the 1970s Japan as you climb aboard the Japanese ‘bullet train’.
Kayavarohan, Gujarat, India is a place of great archaeological importance and the Archaeological Survey of India has listed Karvan as a heritage site and has set up a special museum for the remains found around this site. Karvan is one of the major sites of Indian Heritage.
Harpers Ferry is a town in West Virginia. Paths wind through Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, which has 19th-century buildings, a Civil War Museum and John Brown’s Fort, a key site in an 1859 abolitionist raid. The location where the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers meet, known as The Point, offers views of Maryland and Virginia.
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. As of 2011, it houses one of the most important collections of Americana in the United States of America. It was the former home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969), a renowned antiques collector and horticulturist.
Located in the lobby of Winterthur Museum in Delaware is a 3-foot high wooden eagle sculpture with a 14-foot wingspan.
More than fifty years ago, Delaware native Henry Francis du Pont began welcoming visitors to his childhood home, Winterthur, to see its magnificent gardens and view his amazing collection of decorative arts and architecture. Visitors to Winterthur Museum and Gardens experience a 175 room mansion and will be amazed by the nature and extent of its holdings.
Carolina Raptor Center (Huntersville, North Carolina) is a living museum, dedicated to the conservation of birds of prey. It is home to over 25 species of native and exotic raptors — hawks, falcons, eagles, merlins, kites and vultures.
Although in captivity, we got an opportunity to photograph some birds in their natural setting. Will be posting individual images of these magnificent birds over the next few weeks.
Birds at Carolina Raptor Center
Ulalu is one of two sculptures by abstract artist Mark di Suvero in the North Carolina Art Museum Park. He makes huge works of art using a crane and an arc welder. Steel H-beams and plates are his material of choice.
Ulalu by Mark di Suvero
This prolific sculptor made work in wood, stone, and bronze. As a student in London, Henry Moore absorbed the influences around him, both the work of his contemporaries and the pre-Columbian and ancient art in the British Museum. It is easy to see a connection between Large Standing Figure and ancient art. This sculpture is displayed at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.
Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge by Henry Spencer Moore
Known for his figurative sculptures that use Dutch wax cloth (popular throughout Africa) to explore cultural identity, Yinka Shonibare here, at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, transforms a wisp of the same fabric into a playfully monumental sculpture that captures the wind like a giant sail.
Wind Sculpture II by Yinka Shonibare
At North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Ronald Bladen’s, Three Elements are painted and burnished aluminum over welded steel structures, three parts, each element is H. 120 3/8 x W. 48 3/8 x D. 21 1/2 in.
Three Elements by Ronald Bladen
This extended line of 183 ceramic columns, created by Daniel Johnston, plays against the topography of the landscape. Ranging in height from several inches to several feet, the tops of the pillars form a level line to highlight the dips and rises of the rolling hillside at North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
Partial View of Installation 1-183