NO MESSIN'! AT THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

Tuesday 13 Mar 2007

NO MESSIN'! AT THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

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Visitors to the free 'Cab-it' weekend at the National Railway Museum will be given the rail safety message while enjoying a great day out on 17 and 18 March. The museum is opening a number of train cabs in the museum to visitors and is organising a range of visiting diesel locomotives both static and in service. Network Rail's No Messin'! team will be at the event, giving the safety message to under 18s. There will also be information about Network Rail's Don't Run the Risk campaign which highlights the dangers of misusing level crossings. Representatives from the British Transport Police will also be on hand. Dyan Crowther, Route Director for Network Rail said: "Rail safety is our top priority. Although deaths at level crossings in the UK are low by international standards, crossing misuse now represents the largest single risk of train accident on the railway. Similarly we know that railway lines are attractive to young people who feel they have nowhere else to go. The No Messin'! campaign aims to introduce them to healthy and interesting activities which will keep them away from the tracks. "Through events like these, and our railway crime education work, we hope to remind people that the railway is safe - as long as it's not abused."

Notes to editors

No Messin' Live! - a nationwide series of free two-day events packed full of free activities for 10- to 16-year olds - will be running again this summer with events on 7/8 August at the Concord centre in Sheffield and 20/21 August at the Acorn centre in Middlesbrough. The events are part of Network Rail's national campaign to reduce death and injury on the railway by getting young people off the tracks and doing something better instead. See www.no-messin.com for more information. As well as the safety display the Cab-it weekend will feature: Steam train rides on 2 foot gauge - Palmerston from the Ffestiniog Railway Diesel Rides on our demonstration line Duke of Gloucester - Cab-Access Blue Circle - Tram Engine Diesel Driver for a Fiver - with our 08 Open cab access - manned by NRM volunteers Diesel Loco Displays - visitors from the mainline companies Stalls and stands Talks and demonstrations by our Explainer team Theatre - from Platform 4 Theatre Group Model Engineering Display L&Y Signal School Demostrations Vintage Rolls Royce Display - Sunday Miniature Railway Film Show Barbeque - Bacon Butties!

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