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Museum on a train to arrive in Skegness

Paul JohnsonEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
News imageJack Boskett/Railway 200 A group of schoolchildren try out an interactive exhibition in a railway carriage converted into a museum. The exhibit is a large sandpit on to which a railway line and landscape is being projected. In the foreground, a girl with ginger hair, wearing a white shirt, places her hand on to the sand. To the left, a boy with short dark hair, also wearing a white shirt with a backpack, places his hand on the sand. Other children can be seen in the background.Jack Boskett/Railway 200
Families are being encouraged to book ahead for the exhibition

A museum on a train will roll into Skegness as part of a national tour.

People are being urged to book ahead for the event, called Inspiration, which celebrates 200 years of the railways with interactive exhibits and hands-on engineering challenges.

The train will be at Skegness railway station from 8 to 10 May. Tickets are free, but availability is said to be limited.

Simon Pready, of East Midlands Railway, said it offered a "fantastic opportunity for local families, schools and visitors to explore the remarkable story of our railways in a fun and engaging way".

News imageRailway 200 An aerial photo of a train with four carriages, all with colourful paint schemes, on a track at the entrance to a large railway station, which has a glass roof over the platform. The first carriage is red and has the work "Inspiration" painted on it in large white letters. The second carriage is red, with the work "Past" in red letters. The third carriage is light blue, with the word "Present", in red letters. The fourth carriage is a mid-blue with the word "Future" in white letters. The background is dominated by a large, long, brown-brick building, possibly from the early 20th Century, with three rows of windows, many bricked up.Railway 200
The Inspiration train has been touring the country

He added: "Skegness has long been a destination made famous by the railway, opening up seaside holidays to generations of people."

Schools will be invited for free tours of the exhibition, which has been co-curated by the National Railway Museum in York.

Organisers said about 70,000 people had visited the train since it began a 60-stop, year-long journey around Britain.

News imagePhil Marsh The interior of a train carriage which has been converted to house an interactive exhibition featuring a model train track and an interactive "timetable planner" among other displays. Phil Marsh
The exhibition includes interactive exhibits and engineering challenges

Inspiration is part of Railway 200, a national celebration launched in 2025 to mark two centuries of the modern railway.

Other projects under the banner have included a series of murals depicting the history of the Barton-upon-Humber to Cleethorpes line.

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