Search Engine Assistant Peter Thorpe reveals the story behind a weird and wonderful document from our collection.
Delve into intriguing and unexpected finds from our extensive archive of railway records, working drawings, personal papers, photographs and more.
Lorna Hogger takes a trip down memory lane with some cheerful railway posters from our vast collection.
Photographs reveal more about a gentleman and his trunk.
One of the locomotives appearing at Railfest 2012 tells the story of perilous early rail travel.
Station Hall will tell the story of train journeys that are special and ordinary—the once in a lifetime trip and the daily commute.
We enlisted the help of some of our brilliant volunteers to help make an extensive photography collection accessible.
Archivist Alison Kay reveals the story behind this apparently illegible letter from our archives.
Archivist Alison Kay is working on a project to catalogue the papers of the pioneering northern railway family, the Hackworths. She reveals some of the stories the archive reveals.
My blog posts so far have been about how we’re using our collection to bring Station Hall to life. Now we need your help.
Archivist Alison Kay delves into the Wolverton Works archive.
If you missed our display of royal train-related items, Search Engine Assistant Peter Thorpe has picked out some highlights for blog readers to enjoy.
As the Royal Wedding draws closer, it’s the ideal time to highlight some royal records from the Wolverton Works collection.