Learning through our fantastic archive doesn’t only happen in the museum – we’ve also been out and about visiting schools to talk about the First World War.
The amazing collections at the National Railway Museum encompass global as well as British rail history.
Cinema has been closely connected to the railways since its earliest days—as the films in our archive show.
Relive a dramatic railway disaster with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Signalling School.
Like all modern technologies, the railways have come a long way from their origins.
As a matter of fact I’m a rather cosmopolitan train – part-French, part-Brummie.
What can our archives tell us about the realities of life for servicemen fighting in the First World War?
The National Railway Museum was the perfect setting for a night of heated debate exploring the role of railways in building a Northern Powerhouse.
How an accident led to the largest painting in our collection getting a new lease of life.
On the day the Queen celebrated being our longest serving monarch she enjoyed a train ride—one that is a potent symbol of the rail renaissance happening now across Britain.
How did the Parliamentary Papers in our archives inform safety standard during the period of railway mania?
We recently acquired some interesting publications from W.H. Smith & Son. You may wonder why as, on the face of it, the railway connection is rather tangential.