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Personal recollections of railways

Oct 6, 2022
4 min

Victorian Railway Heroes

“Never mind, I stopped my train.”. . . . . . . . The heroism of two railwaymen, Driver Walter Peart and Fireman Henry Dean, lives on in...

Mar 27, 2022
4 min

H01 - Reminiscences of Railway Work

Railway Homelands

What’s the railway place you most relate to in your memories, and why?. . . . . . We were chatting during a coffee break at a railway...

Nov 30, 2021
1 min

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The Signalman

The BBC are repeating “The Signalman” drama written by Charles Dickens in 1866. It is on BBC4 TV on Monday 6th December at 10.00 p.m. It...

Oct 28, 2021
1 min

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Anniversaries

The development of railways in the UK consists of a wide range of key dates but arguably the most significant is 27th September 1825...

Aug 29, 2021
4 min

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Saving those old snapshots

What happens to old photos in private collections, citing an example from Langwith Junction

Aug 11, 2021
5 min

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Music and railways

The guard whistles up to start the train! In the earliest days of railways, coach horns were used by train drivers to warn people near...

‘Romantic melancholy’ or ‘Romantic Nostalgia’

Jul 5, 2021
5 min

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‘Romantic melancholy’ or ‘Romantic Nostalgia’

Railway art featuring some famous artists. . . . . . . Sitting having a coffee and a biscuit at the catering stop in the Great Hall of...

Mar 22, 2021
3 min

Q01B - Foreign Railway Heritage

Melancholy or Nostalgia?

The work of the American railroad photographer O Winston Link. . . . . . Perhaps you might indulge me a little this week, as I move away,...

Mar 17, 2021
3 min

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Oiling the wheels 90 years ago

Driver J W Street was the record breaker who wrote the book “I Drove the Cheltenham Flyer”. His favourite locomotive was "Castle" class...

Feb 1, 2021
3 min

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Painting the railway

Railway art featuring Shepherd’s ‘Service by Night’ painting. . . . . If you have visited the NRM you may have strolled along the...

Jun 26, 2020
2 min

D04 - Electric and Underground

Problems and opportunities!

On 27 September 1975, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh formally opened the National Railway Museum in the modified York Motive Power Depot - the...

Architects selected for new Central Hall

Mar 26, 2020
1 min

Q01A - UK Heritage Locos and Stock

Architects selected for new Central Hall

Feilden Fowles have been selected from the shortlisted architects to design the new NRM Central Hall which will link Station Hall and...

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