A different look at the York National Railway Museum here as we venture into a hall of mixed railway historic memorabilia. So many things to see here that it is almost overwhelming. The statue is the old Britannia and her supporters from Euston Station. Of course the more daring of visitors, in the know, could simply vanish into the world of Harry Potter via this same platform.

"Euston opened in 1838 as the terminus for the London & Birmingham Railway. The arch was a grand architectural statement of the arrival of the railway in the capital. It was designed by Philip Hardwick and built from Yorkshire stone in Classical Greek Doric style with four columns. Robert Stephenson designed the station's train shed in the same year. The arch was demolished, despite considerable protest, in 1961." National Railway Museum website.

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