Spotlight on the railway work, life & death project

Q: This year, 2025, is the year that we’re celebrating Railway 200. Why is this such good news? Dr Esbester: I love Railway 200, because this is a wonderful opportunity to see railway history really p

An ever-improving safety record is no accident - it’s all about learning from mistakes, with every tragedy teaching the railway something new.

Today we might minimise or even overlook the railway’s significance, because it is such an established part of our lives. Yet at its height the industry employed more than half a million people across

One of the things I miss most from the current railway scene is our locomotive workshops. They were such fascinating places to visit, because they illustrated perfectly the life story of locomotives f

Crime has always been popular with family historians. We all love a rogue (up to a point, anyway), and finding out you’re related to one can lead to some interesting avenues of research. The more seri

This month’s 10 Pictures come from Richard Hargreaves. Born and still living in Telford, Richard inherited his dad’s interest in railways from an early age with family holidays providing the opportuni