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Manchester Piccadilly: a visual history
Poster, British Railways (London Midland Region), Manchester’s New Station, by Claude Buckle, 1960 As a regular visitor passing through Manchester Piccadilly train station, I’ve been interested by some...
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Amazing 3D photos of the London Underground from over 100 years ago
Update: scroll down for the 3D photos In honour of the 150th birthday of the tube, we’ve dug out these eerie pictures of Euston underground station, taken in 1908 – a year after the station was opened...
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Happy 100th birthday to a tiny railway with a big history
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...
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Bringing the Prototype HST back to life
January 2012, and the prototype High Speed Train power car is getting closer and closer to roaring back into life thanks to the hard work of the 125 Group, the benevolent staff of East Midlands Trains...
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King’s Cross redevelopment wins heritage award
The redevelopment of Kings Cross Station has been awarded an EU Prize for Cultural Heritage in the area of conservation. The work on Lewis Cubitt’s 1852 Grade 1 listed station built for the Great...
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How Mallard inspired a rock band
Hi, my name is Sam and I handle the social media channels for the museum. As we prepare for Mallard 75 celebrations, I’ve started to look at the many ways Mallard, the world’s fastest steam loco, has...
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Picture of the week : how standards have declined…
Sorry, these seats are taken…© National Railway Museum Contrary to popular belief, back in the 1950s, when standards were allegedly higher than today, it appears that it was middle-aged businessmen in...
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From the photo collection: unexpected finds
One of my favourite parts of my job is image research. We’re lucky to have a fantastic photographic collection here at the National Railway Museum, and you can see thousands of examples on our website....
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Tracks through the Landscape: Land Plans, Sections and Books of Reference
This blog is written by NRM archive volunteers Jack Garside and Tania Parker Our collection of land plans, sections has recently been made accessible through our library archive service, Search...
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