Rebekah Johnston shares one of the more unusual finds from the Wolverton Works archive, which has recently been audited by a group of volunteers.
Our archive collections shed light on historic railway carriage interiors.
Our collections aren’t all about the past—these concept drawings and designs are all about the future.
Are trains electric? The story of electrified train travel is just as much a part of the story as steam.
Mallard is such a popular locomotive that one prog rock band have even penned an ode to its magnificence.
As part of our redevelopment of Station Hall, we’ve been busy with a people’s history project to capture personal stories of the railways.
The redevelopment of Kings Cross Station has been awarded an EU Prize for Cultural Heritage in the area of conservation.
Photographic volunteer Anne McLean selects her favourite photos from our collection.
See behind-the-scenes in Station Hall and find out how the redevelopment work is coming along.
Curator Bob Gwynne provides an update on the overhaul of a style icon that brought modernism to 1970s railways.
It’s the turn of Belinda Morris, our Interpretation Manager, to choose a photo from our 4000-strong online collection.
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School – a model railway layout used to train real-life signallers – recently celebrated its 100th birthday with a three-day have-a go event here at the museum.