Unlocking A New Experience

Unlocking A New Experience

Opening Doors To New Visitor Experiences This September What’s going on behind this usually closed door…? On Thursday 4 September, our team unlocked the cabs of our Class 91 No. 91131 Sir Henry Royce to make plans for a brand-new visitor experience. No. 91131 is part...
The Railway At Night Launch

The Railway At Night Launch

2026 Exhibition Launch “Scotland’s Railway at Night” opens with a day of celebrations The Museum of Scottish Railways launched its 2026 exhibition, Scotland’s Railway at Night, on 2 May 2026. The opening generated strong local and national interest,...
Sniffing Out New Stories

Sniffing Out New Stories

Sniffing Out New Stories Just some of the smelly history that can be sniffed out in our collection Scent-sational new ways to engage with the collection this season Scotland’s industrial heritage explored through smell with Dr William Tullett We recently invited...
Modelling the Early Railway

Modelling the Early Railway

Modelling the Early Railway  Summers' model in 7mm scale A unique model built from scratch by Jim Summers in 7mm scale will feature in this year’s exhibition A Scottish company, the North British Railway, pioneered the sleeping car in 1873. At night, the seats were...
2026 exhibition shunt

2026 exhibition shunt

Exhibition shunt 2026 All change! Museum vehicles await shunting in the yard. Copyright Jim Summers It’s all change at MoSR as we prepare something brand new for the 2026 season  The museum has now closed for the 2025 season, but for some the work is only just...