Design Manager Chris Mossop explores an artistic answer to a thorny problem for the railways.
From legendary locomotives and over 200 items of rolling stock to china tea services, uniforms, posters and even a railway bridge, our collection tells the story of the railways in incredible detail.
Senior Lecturer in History Mike Esbester explores safety on the railways since 1913.
The railways and airlines have long had an association, as archive volunteer Tania Parker explains.
We’ve been going through all the toys in the National Railway Museum’s collection. It might seem a bit odd that we collect toys, but as every parent knows, kids love trains.
Who was the pioneering Captain Bill and what did he do for the railways?
Stanhope Forbes’ poster ‘The Permanent Way’ is unusual among railway posters in that it doesn’t show an idyllic holiday destination or stylish engine whooshing through a scenic landscape.
Interpretation Developer Ruth Leach explores the photography in our collection.
The iconic images in our collection of railway posters are always popular with visitors and researchers—and we’re acquiring more.
Repainting might sound like one of the simpler stages of restoring a loco, but there are a lot of specialist skills involved.
Simon Kohler from Hornby writes about the effect the A4s have had on both his personal and professional life.
Take a sneak peak at some of the fantastic railway photographs in our new exhibition, in collaboration with the Landscape Photographer of the Year award.
Archivist Alison Kay explores what our collections can tell us about life on board a First World War ambulance train.