As Remembrance Sunday approaches, Senior Library and Archive Assistant Peter Thorpe highlights how railway companies commemorated fallen railway workers.
Delve into intriguing and unexpected finds from our extensive archive of railway records, working drawings, personal papers, photographs and more.
Senior Library and Archive Assistant Peter Thorpe explains our library classification system, adapted from a design created originally by George Ottley.
Surveying Officer Jack Garside introduces the Rail Industry National Archive and it’s aim to preserve the history of rail privatisation.
Archive volunteer Robert Demaine delves into the story of S&DR Traffic Superintendent John Graham.
Peter Thorpe explains our approach to collecting and why we must often say ‘no’.
Martyn Halman tells an intriguing story sparked by a recently unearthed drawing on tracing paper.
By Anthony Dawson
Hidden Stories of Engineering: The LGBTQIA+ German immigrant who became one of Britain’s leading engineers
Railway historian Anthony Dawson shares the story of Charles Beyer of Manchester’s Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Curator Thomas Spain explores some of the legal wranglings that paved the way for the creation of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
Tania Parker shares an update on her efforts cataloguing an intriguing archive that documents the birth of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
Sophie Vohra provides an update on this project, which now includes an exhibition in Search Engine until 25 March 2023.
Karen and Tania explore accidents with railway workers as we enter Disability History Month.
Alexander Appleton shares discoveries about Leonard Raisbeck, an impactful but little-known figure in early railways.