National railway heritage awards 2024

This year, The Railway Heritage Trust celebrates 40 years of supporting and celebrating the railway. As it continues its mission, Executive Director TIM HEDLEY-JONES tells RICHARD WILCOCK why preserving the railway’s past is a vital part of its future

The yard of the coaching inn is lit by the moon. The mud-splattered stagecoach creaks as passengers climb from the roof and out of the stale interior. The horses are unharnessed and stabled; the passe

Maxine Gordon follows the journey which established the NRM – the first national museum outside of London – in York 50 years ago

NER ‘P3’ No. 2392, visiting from the North ...

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C

When we are asked who invented the railways, we can confidently say we did – Britain. But precisely who was involved and how it all developed is a long story. By the end of the 18th century, the Indus