* The Day Out With Thomas event takes place from 10am to 5pm until February 24 in The Depot at the National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York. Tickets are available on www.ticketweb.co.uk or 0844 ...

Patrick Michael Smith, dressed as notorious Scottish poet William Topaz McGonagall, looks forward to the World Book Day event at the NRM tomorrow ...

Craig Bentley, who became interim director of the National Railway Museum in January, said: "I can’t think of a better 50th birthday present than a restored and revitalised Station Hall." ...

The planned expansion of York’s National Railway Museum could be in jepordy without a £15m cash injection from the Government, the council leader and mayor have warned.