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  1. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    The Underground’s Steam Survivor

    , 2 minute read

    Rudi Newman, a Doctor of transport history and London Transport Museum volunteer, talks about one of the highlights in our collection, the Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive No. 23.

    Detail of a steam locomotive with the words Metropolitan Railway 23
  2. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    'Music in London' by Hans Unger and Eberhard Schulze (1964)

    By Nick Gill, , 2 minute read

    Depot volunteer guide Nick Gill explores the 1964 poster 'Music in London' by Hans Unger and Eberhard Schulze, one of the thousands of iconic posters in our world-renowned collection of transport posters and artworks.

    Poster depicting a bearded man playing a classical piano
  3. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    Along the Right Lines

    , 2 minute read

    Thomas, one of our Volunteer Welcome Hosts, talks about one of his favourite Underground maps in our collection and shares his experience as a wheelchair user travelling on the Underground.

    A diagrammatic map of London Underground's lines
  4. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    More than storage - Behind the scenes at our Museum Depot

    , 2 minute read

    As we're getting ready to reopen our Museum Depot to families this May half term, find out what has been going on behind the scenes during winter in lockdown.

    View from above of three underground trains
  5. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Museum Depot

    Not all London buses are red: discover our green RM2 bus

    , 2 minute read

    Find out more about our green RM2 bus, on display at the Museum Depot in Acton, in this blog by Depot volunteer Grahame Bath.

    A green double decker bus in front of the Museum Depot
  6. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    Family volunteering at the Museum Depot

    , 3 minute read

    Volunteer Resource Manager Sam Clift report back from our fist family volunteering day at the Museum Depot. The day provided families with an opportunity to visit our Museum Depot on a weekend afternoon, and spend some recreational time together helping to maintain the tracks of our London Transport Mu

    A men and two children walking by a red tube train
  7. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Q Stock Restoration
    •  Museum Depot

    Our Q Stock story: one year on

    , 3 minute read

    An update on our Q Stock restoration project by Project Manager Jullian Urry.

    Volunteers working on the inside of a train car
  8. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    Celebrating 20 years of the Museum Depot

    , 3 minute read

    Our Museum Depot celebrates its 20th anniversary this year! Find out all about this marvellous transport treasure trove in Acton Town.

    View of three historic trains, one yellow, one red and one white and green