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Museum Collection

From locomotives to tickets

The Midland Railway – Butterley is the home of a vast Museum Collection.  The objects come in all shapes and sizes, from locomotives to tickets.  The range is huge.

You can explore some of our selected highlights below.

Museum Highlights

The 1840s

Objects from before and after 1844

Locomotives

Complete locomotives and components

Travel by Train

Everything from passenger timetables to carriages

Goods & Freight

Various goods and freight artifacts

Signs

Signs made of a variety of materials

Working Life

Branded uniforms, tools and equipment

Documents & Maps

A significant number of documents and maps

Call to Arms

A range of artifacts from World War One

Photographs

Large format glass negatives, through prints of varying sizes