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Railfest

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National Railway Museum, York (UK)
2000 2004 2012
References

Railfest (or Railway Festival) is a term used by railway museums and heritage railways around the world on open days and special annual events.

The events are usually fund raising oriented, and also involved with showing features of museums and their contents not always available in normal visiting times. The term is found in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia for such events.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

National Railway Museum, York (UK)

Railfest is the name given to occasional railway festivals at the National Railway Museum in York, England. There was a Railfest in 2004, and another in 2012. The 2012 event was sponsored by the magazines RAIL, Steam Railway, and Model Rail.^[5]^[6]^[7]

2000

The 2000 event was promoted as being a celebration of 200 years of Steam ^[8]

2004

The 2004 event featured a {{brc|171}} Turbostar DMU, a {{brc|375}} Electrostar EMU, a {{brc|390}} Pendolino EMU and a Eurostar train.

2012

The 2012 event had the theme of record breakers,^[5] and featured exhibits such as

Prototype HST power car 41001
HST power car 43159, which jointly holds the diesel rail speed record.
LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado
GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro
LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard, holder of the steam rail speed record.
{{brc|395}} Javelin EMU 395019
GNR Class N2 No. 1744

References

1. ^http://www.tvrail.com/pages/railfest
2. ^Bassendean, Western Australia http://www.bassendeanmeansbusiness.com.au/2012/09/railfest-2012/
3. ^http://www.durangorailfest.com/
4. ^http://www.fwry.com/SpecialEvents/RailFest.html
5. ^¹{{cite journal|title=Railfest 2012 souvenir prochure|publisher=Bauer Media|date=2–10 June 2012}}
6. ^{{cite journal|title=EC '91' naming and flypast launches rail spectacular|journal=RAIL|date=13 June 2012|author=Clinnick, Gary|issue=698|pages=6–7}}
7. ^{{cite journal|title=Stars of modern traction out in force for Railfest|journal=RAIL|date=13 June 2012|author=Clinnick, Gary|issue=698|pages=8–9}}
8. ^{{Citation | title=Flying Scotsman comes home 200 years of locomotives | publication-date=2000 | publisher=HHO Multimedia | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/167485707 | accessdate=16 November 2012 }}

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