Signal Box (musing)

I took this picture at the National Railway Museum in York. One of the many objects that caught my attention. I think it is a signal box. I love signal boxes, I love what role they played in the old days of railway travel. Being a signalman was a lonely and demanding job, you had to be skilled, but someone who liked solitude, it might not have been so bad. And from what I understand, they had lots of free time. In a quaint little box like this, bright yellow, it beats office work.

National Train Day

I learned on the Facebook page of the National Railway Museum in York that today is National Train Day. I know I had to mention it on the blog and mark it with a picture taken at the museum itself during our last visit in April. National Train Day is on the Saturday closest to the 10th of May and it is to celebrate the history and heritate of railways. I honestly think this is the greatest mean of transport mankind has ever created. And trains are so very cool, so I had to mention it here.