Bob explores the issue of rolling contact fatigue and October 2000’s Hatfield rail crash—and new technology that could prevent it from happening again.
Hornby delve into their expansive back catalogue of Flying Scotsman models as celebrations for the famous loco’s centenary begin.
Ashlynn Welburn explores the intertwined histories of the LGBTQIA+ community and the railways.
Another update from Law on the joy of prototyping, and how visitors have got involved.
On the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian expulsion order, Sophie Vohra and William Law look into the history of South Asian communities in East Africa and Britain, and how their paths have crossed with British owned and operated railways.
Mike Esbester shares fantastic news from the Railway Work, Life and Death project, which has 16,000 new records.
How a small revolution took place in our extensive collection of railway timetables.
Sarah Price shares some good news about the new building soon to appear at Locomotion.
By Oliver Hastings, Robert Buttiglieri and Samuel Willmot
Chronicles from the Commonwealth: British royal rail tours of Australia
In line with Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee, three of our placement students from Macquarie University, Sydney, have looked into British royal tours in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Here are some of the fascinating stories they unearthed.
By Debs Hoy
The one where you find out about some very special project partners from local charity The Island
Debs, from exhibit developer Stand + Stare, shares progress on development of our conductive wall exhibit including a recent visit to the museum.
Alex and Tania share a few highlights of our first set of archived corporate records.
Conservation intern Shoun Obana explains the delicate process of handling an old document.