Discovering our ancestors’ work on the tracks

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To celebrate Railway 200, the 200th anniversary

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Family Tree Magazine

12 September, 2025

Model Rail

Stockton & darlington: the first ‘public’ railway

Looking at railways in detail

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The reign of the railway

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

Railways Illustrated

Living life in the past lane

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

Rail

Time to look forward

Nina Hossain presents RAIL ’s 2025 National ...

Saga Magazine

Back on track

Britain’s railway network is 200 years old. To celebrate, we meet some later-life rail enthusiasts who have returned to the hobby – just don’t call them trainspotters!

Radio Times Magazine

‘the smell, sound and heat would have seemed a miracle 200 years ago’

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