The Streetlife Museum of Transport Hull is a transport museum located in Kingston upon Hull, England. The roots of the collection date back to the early 20th century, however the purpose-built museum the collection is housed in was opened in 1989 by the then Hull East MP, John Prescott. The collection include Veteran cars, horse-drawn carriages and objects relating to local public transport. A radio and wireless shop caught my eye with many interesting exhibits.

Above left at the entrance and leading into the main exhibition area there are examples of the Harbour rail and Hull centre groove tram track unique ti Hull and Doncaster. The display also includes a beautifully restored tram. 

A platform ticket machine, a replica of life in the days of the LNER plus the horse tram from Hythe. There is a lot to see in the museum I have basically covered the rail based exhibits. Allow yourself at least a couple of hours to visit the museum. There are pubs and cafes in the old quarter of Hull for refreshments. The museum forms part of the Museums Quarter in Hull, based on the historic High Street in the Old Town of the city. The Museums Quarter comprises the Streetlife Museum, the Hull and East Riding Museum (archaeology), the Arctic Corsair trawler and Wilberforce House Museum. Not too far away are example of the Habour rails that once severed the former quays click here to see some of the remaining samples seen on the visit to Hull. So if you are coming by train the Paragon station is not too far away. By road The M62 eventfully this becomes the A63. At Hessle there is an excellent Park and Ride bus service operated by Stagecoach. 

Like many ports Hull had a rail link to the quays where the boats came in and out with various goods from Fish to corn. An extensive network of railway lines served Hull many of which survived until the late 1950's. However road transport eventual saw the lack of rail use so the tracks became disused.   

A map of the track layouts and the Victoria dock when they were crowded with commercial ships something that you will not see today. More of Marina and shopping centre now know as the Quays.

The quayside in its hey day sadly by 1974 tracks connecting the docks were being lifted. So it what does remain of these tracks very little but at least some of the "habour" rail does remain as we see below. 

The track layout approaching the Lakeside Station in June 2114 as work starts to alter the layout  to enable trains to more easily use the two platforms again since the extension to Humberston North Sea Lane.

February 2015 work on the altered layout in readiness for the start of the operating season on the 14th February 2015. The Rio Grand  locomotive being used for the ballast and engineering wagons.

Not only is work taking place to the track lout but extensive work is taking place to the entrance, the café, and the offices. This work is now well underway and is hoped to be finished for the end of March 2015. If you would like further information about the railway, the operating days and special events please click here.   

The Alnwick branch line was a railway line in Northumberland, northern England. It ran from Alnmouth railway station, on the East Coast Main Line, to the town of Alnwick, a distance of 2 3⁄4 miles (4.4 km).
The railway opened on 5 August 1850 to both freight and passenger traffic; passenger operations included direct Newcastle to Alnwick services, as well as regular shuttle runs between Alnmouth and Alnwick. As late as 1966, some of the Alnmouth to Alnwick shuttles were operated by steam locomotives.

The original Alnwick Station as it was and is today now a book shop that retains many of the stations features but as such what with the development of this  and new superstore and the redevelopments of the nearby A1 the possibility of the railway being reinstated has been ruled out so this has meant that a new station has been built at the east side of the A1.     

Left the new Alnwick station whilst in the middle the new track bed that is being laid to connect to the original section that led to the Alnmouth station  where the parts of the original platforms still exist. 

Good progress is being made at what is a relatively new preservation project if you would like to see further details of the railway and its projects please click here.