Weekend will be electric dream at Warwickshire museum

Electric Railway Museum’s Open Weekend will be open Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September from 11am to 5pm on both days and admission is free.

Visitors will be able to climb aboard the Class 503 and one of the Class 309s, complete with the museum display, a café and the museum shop.

Volunteers will be on-hand to explain more about the museum’s diverse collection, which also includes British Railways Classes 307 and 308, as well as the power car for the record-breaking Advanced Passenger Train Prototype APT-P, which is on loan from the National Railway Museum.

Shunting demonstrations will take place throughout the two-day event courtesy of the museum’s two all-electric locomotives Heysham No 1 and Spondon No.1, as well as its Mazda diesel-electric shunter.

Elsewhere, visitors can experience an extensive array of electric locomotives and multiple units, including the Clacton Class 309s, the Wirral Class 503 and the 2-EPB unit complete with street art livery by Warwickshire-based artist Rumah, which depicts the history of electric railways.

The weekend is part of the Heritage Open Days event.

For more information visit www.electricrailwaymuseum.co.uk