Five drawings of Rocket are among the latest collections now available in Search Engine.
Delve into intriguing and unexpected finds from our extensive archive of railway records, working drawings, personal papers, photographs and more.
Dr Mike Esbester needs a hand on 5 February—here’s why.
Photographic Archives Volunteer Nick sheds some light on an unusual discovery.
Tim Else talks us through the Alan Jackson Index project, which is now available online.
Dr Mike Esbester introduces a new resource from the ‘Railway Work, Life & Death’ project to coincide with Disability History Month.
Dr Mike Esbester digs deeper into records from the Fallen Railwaymen database.
Peter Thorpe digs deeper into the history of the building which still stands in the museum’s car park.
Author Susan Major provides an insight into life as a woman working on the railways in wartime.
Exciting things are on the horizon for our collaborative project on the history of railway safety.
Discover the story of a snow plough design which still has relevance nearly a century later.
Dr Mike Esbester explores the latest goings-on from an important collaborative railway research project.
This week we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of the opening of Search Engine, our library and archive centre.