What impact did the railways have on Victorian cultural life?
Delve into intriguing and unexpected finds from our extensive archive of railway records, working drawings, personal papers, photographs and more.
How were London’s main transport arteries constructed?
From Brazil to India and Japan, what can railway manufacturers’ archives tell us about key moments in rail history around the world?
Delve into some of the amazing records from the GEC Traction archive, which is available to the public for the first time in 20 years.
Glass negatives from the GEC Traction archive cast light onto the lives of the workers behind the machines.
Delving into the GEC Traction archive reveals a fascinating slice of engineering history.
Drunkenness and work on the railways: a potentially catastrophic combination.
As part of the First World War Railway project here at the National Railway Museum, we are continuing to research and update the online fallen railwaymen database.
Explore the colourful, kooky world of advertising in the GEC Traction archive.
The naming of railway locomotives has often been a deeply symbolic practice, never more so than during the First World War.
Cinema has been closely connected to the railways since its earliest days—as the films in our archive show.
How did the Parliamentary Papers in our archives inform safety standard during the period of railway mania?