Gareth explores the work of Ada Lovelace for International Day of Women in Science.
With Valentine’s Day approaching, Chris shares the story of a couple with a unique connection to our museum’s collections.
Tasha McNaught takes us back to a time when railway workers’ daughters competed for the title of Railway Queen.
Peter Thorpe digs deeper into the history of the building which still stands in the museum’s car park.
Author Susan Major provides an insight into life as a woman working on the railways in wartime.
What was life like for a young nurse on the front line of the First World War?
National Railway Museum volunteers reveal how charitable movements run by ‘lady volunteers’ brought comfort to troops fighting in the First World War.
A woman’s work is never done—especially not on the railways when there’s a war on.
By Alison Kay
Ambulance trains in 1914 “This is Christmas, and the world is supposed to be civilised”
We have become familiar with images of wartime Christmas truces where fighting stopped—but this certainly wasn’t the universal experience on the Western Front 100 years ago.
The most recent addition to our rare book collection is an amazing insight into the lives of people who worked on ambulance trains during the First World War.
The role of the British railways in the First World War is almost too huge to begin to contemplate—our new exhibition takes a closer look at one fascinating story.
Volunteer Alexandra Baker writes about the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ canteen at York Station during the First World War.