Hi,
maybe I will do a journey to London this year. Is there a interesting traffic museum where I cann see steamengines, locomotives, paddlers?
Are there preserved paddle steamers, too? Ot on the river Thames?
Running paddlers?
Andreas
The science museum has a (quite large) number of models of ships, engines and paddlewheels plus some stationary engines and steam vehicles, and there's the docklands museum (docklands museum does not allow photography!) which has a few ships outside that you can go on board when they're open (but they're not paddlers) some models inside but not near as many as the science museum.
Kew bridge steam museum has stationary steam engines (including two unbelieveably massive beam engines!), some vintage diesels and a small locomotive all of which operate at certain times (weekends, I think - see their site for details - http://www.kbsm.org/ )
The only place you'll see a paddler really is Chatham Historic Dockyard - http://www.chdt.org.uk/As_an_Individual/River_Cruises/River_Cruises.html - it's quite a long way outside london but you can get a train from london bridge station. There's also one of the very few remaining model shops that specialise in model ship building (in this part of the country) there!
I'll see what else I can think of :)
*Oh yes, there's Tattershall Castle (the only 'real' paddler there since Caledonia caught fire and Princess Elizabeth was removed years ago) but it's almost unrecognisable now since the last round of modification/modernizations...
Hi Andreas
The paddle steamer KINGSWEAR CASTLE, based at Chatham Royal Dockyard does run cruises on the Thames as well as the Medway and surrounding coastal resorts. You can view her details and timetable at www.pskc.freeserve.co.uk Th ecrew are very friendly and welcome people with an interest in paddlers.
yes, that's a point, Kingswear Castle does run the occasional cruise from london..... depending on the time of year, you could even find Waverley there!