In The Works, the overhaul of Nigel Gresley continues. Locomotive Engineer Darrin Crone provides us with an insight of the previous couple of weeks’ work.
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.
New redevelopment plans will make will make the National Railway Museum the cultural heart of a new city centre district for York.
Recent visitors to the workshop at the National Railway Museum will have noticed we’ve got a special guest staying with us for a while – meet locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley.
The naming of railway locomotives has often been a deeply symbolic practice, never more so than during the First World War.
Dipping into the archives, Ollie Betts explores the historical background of the new prime-time ‘British Wild West’ drama, Jericho.
Hear from our Learning Content Developer Adam Fozard on creating a new family science show.
Christmas is always a busy time for our railways, as a significant portion of the population plan to visit friends, family, or use it to get away from all that festive stuff. But the extra pressure on the railways can push the service – and its passengers – to the limit.
It’s not only trainspotters who snap fascinating photos of the rails, as we discover in this post exploring one of our archive collections.
Terrible conditions weren’t enough to put off adventurous working class travellers on the early railways. What were those journeys like?
As the locomotive’s overhaul nears completion, you might be wondering how much of this rail icon has been there since it was first built.