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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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