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TEACHERS’ GUIDE TO AND TOUR OF THE MUSEUM AND RAILWAY WELCOME! will enable you to tour round the site using this guide and plan accordingly. BRIEF TIMELINE OF SRPS The Museum can be accessed from the The Museum consists of two display 1961 – Scottish Railway car park in two ways: one from the Preservation Society (SRPS) galleries inside the main building and one footbridge over the railway line will formed. display area (The Display Shed) in a take you directly to the Museum (which 1965 – Depot at Falkirk opened. separate building along the walking this guide takes); the other, past the route. The first gallery has mostly 1967 – NBR no. 673, “Maude” station, along the walking route and locomotives and passenger carriages, as acquired. past the display shed (page 19) is well as a workshop area, with the second 1975 – Stockton & Darlington suitable for those who are unable to being predominantly devoted to the Centenary – CR 419 and climb the footbridge. If the station is “Morayshire” (acquired 1974) take array of goods vehicles which travelled open please look at the station part. on the railway in Scotland. Throughout buildings. Details are given on page 21 1979 – First new buildings at site the Museum is a wide array of artefacts Please see the map included in the pack in Bo’ness. First railway line laid. ranging from suitcases to railway signs. for details. 1981 – First passenger-carrying Please look at the sheet “Supporting trains run. HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE Teaching and Learning” in the Pack, 1985 – Falkirk Depot closes. which gives suggestions for pre and post- Railway stock all relocated to This guide is not intended as a script to visit activities as well as Curriculum links. Bo’ness. be used verbatim when talking to a class It would be good to make children 1986 – Line extended by 1½ miles or group. Instead, it is suggested that familiar with simple railway terminology to Kinneil Halt. you use the information within to and, for that reason, a glossary has been 1989 – Line extended to Birkhill. inform you of the things you feel are included in the pack that explains terms. Line now 3½ miles long. would relevant to the class and your A brief history of Britain’s Railways for 1991 – Line extended further to chosen outcomes. Certain of the teachers is also in the pack and may be Manuel. Now connected to artefacts and exhibits are marked on the Edinburgh - Glasgow main line. used for reference where appropriate. guide with a letter. This corresponds to 1995- Scottish Railway Exhibition particular topics, e.g. V for Victorians, W Please also use the Hazard Guide in opens. for Railways at War. the Education Pack to inform your 2011 – Passenger services now run to Manuel. As well as details of the Museum and own Risk Assessment and be aware railway exhibits, this guide also gives that the railway site is a working 2013 – Platform at Manuel opened. suggestions for teacher input and the environment. sorts of answers which would be expected from the pupils. It is recommended that teachers take We do hope that you enjoy your visit to advantage of a free pre-visit visit, which the Museum and Railway! THE MUSEUM OF SCOTTISH RAILWAYS Teachers’ Guide and Tour of the Museum and Railway ©SRPS 2014 KEY TO SYMBOLS USED IN THIS GUIDE & TOUR Victorians – these exhibits should be of particular interest to those looking at the Victorian Era. World War – exhibits which are connected with either World War I or World War II The rectangular boxes either in or beside the photos refer to activity sheets which refer to particular R1 parts of or exhibits in the Museum. You will find them in the Activities Sheets section of the Education Pack. These can either be completed in the Museum or in class. There are photos of many exhibits as well as text boxes containing questions which you may want to ask the pupils. Suitable answers are also given. These are grouped beside the photos so that exhibits are easily identified. CONTENTS OF THE GUIDE & TOUR From The Footbridge to The Railway Yard pages 3-4 The Museum of Scottish Railways: First Gallery pages 5-12 The Museum of Scottish Railways: Second Gallery pages 13-18 The Display Shed pages 19-20 The Station & Surroundings page 21 Restoration & Conservation page 22 Please note that some exhibits in the Museum of Scottish Railways may be temporarily removed or their positions within the Museum changed. The information in this guide is correct at the time of writing. THE MUSEUM OF SCOTTISH RAILWAYS Teachers’ Guide and Tour of the Museum and Railway ©SRPS 2014 2 WELCOME TO THE MUSEUM & RAILWAY! Watch out! Trains About! Begin by taking the walking route over the lattice footbridge. If you are using the walking route past the station and towards the Display Shed (page ) then please start at page 18. This footbridge is composed of the platform-mounted bridge from Murthly, on the Perth-Inverness route by the Highland Railway, with an additional seven steps and brick supports added to give height over the line. It was built by the Highland Railway using a standard design for stations and many other examples were built in the same way, e.g. the one at Nairn is still The lattice footbridge standing and is virtually identical. Stop just before the signal box This was a standard Caledonian design brought from Garnqueen South Junction, near Coatbridge, dismantled and rebuilt here.. Suggested Teacher Input Desired Pupil Responses Signals; point out the Used to tell the train driver when it is safe to go signals. What are they forward. Needed to prevent trains from colliding used for and why? How with each other. The signal arm lowers and the does the driver know when driver is free to start the train forward. If it is it is safe to move the train? horizontal he must stay where he is. The signal R15 arms can either be red/white or yellow/white on the front. The Caledonian Signal Box What do you think is There is a frame of levers inside controlling the inside the signal box? points and signals. They are moved using a system of metal rods How do the levers make controlled by the movement of the levers. You the points and signals can see the rods coming out of the front of the move? box. THE MUSEUM OF SCOTTISH RAILWAYS Teachers’ Guide and Tour of the Museum and Railway ©SRPS 2014 3 Next, walk along towards the gate marked “Museum Entrance”. Make sure that none of the pupils go near the dock basin on the left. Before you go through you will notice a yard on the right. The goods shed was built in the early 1980s and is a modern building, built with help from the Manpower Services Commission. The Goods Office came from Dunfermline Upper station and was built by the North British Railway. Just like the other old buildings it was dismantled and rebuilt here at Bo’ness. Dunfermline Upper closed in 1968. Suggested Teacher Input Desired Pupil Responses What do you see in the Goods Different types of wagons; Track beside a Yard? shed with a canopy over one side; A crane; a small office building What do you think would Wagons would be brought to the shed where M3, M5-8 happen here to what is in the they would be unloaded and their contents wagons? put onto a lorry or cart or on to a different The Goods Shed wagon. The crane would be used to help with moving loads to/from open wagons. Why would they need an office The paperwork would be completed here. in the yard? This is where all the goods in and out of the yard would be recorded in a ledger. Walk along the pathway. To your right you will notice another yard full of various bits and pieces of railway engines and rolling stock. Suggested Teacher Input Desired Pupil Responses What can you see in the yard? Railway items: rails; wheels; bogies (wheeled trucks from carriages); metal box container; steam locomotive parts etc. Why do you think these things Old trains about to be scrapped; they could are here and where could they be used for spares; they were not needed; not have come from? enough room inside to keep them. A Loco waits in the Yard Walk further along the path and you will see some more objects on the left hand side. These are rails, parts from signals and then a buffer stop. Just above the Museum sign is a semaphore signal. This was of the type used before the use of colour light signals. THE MUSEUM OF SCOTTISH RAILWAYS Teachers’ Guide and Tour of the Museum and Railway ©SRPS 2014 4 THE MUSEUM OF SCOTTISH RAILWAYS: FIRST GALLERY R15 Suggested Teacher Input Desired Pupil Responses What can you see in beside the Buffer stops, parts from signals, rails. path? Where would you usually find They would be placed on the ends of a track the buffer stops and why? so that anything on the line would be stopped from going any further, e.g. wagons What would the structure in It is a semaphore signal, used to hold trains Signals at the Museum front of the Museum be used until it is safe for them to proceed along the for? track. How do you think it worked? The signal arm changed position and indicated whether or not it was safe to go. If the arm is horizontal it means “danger”.