A quick Flying Scotsman update: the*boiler has been lowered onto the rolling chassis at Ian Riley’s yard in Bury. After a few minor adjustments,...
BBC2 has recently been showing the second series of “Great British Railway Journeys”, featuring Michael Portillo’s travels around Britain by rail...
[IMG] While looking through one of the railway auction house catalogues, I was intrigued when I came across this sign from the old Nine Elms...
Hi, I’m Alison, Project Archivist*at the*National Railway Museum. For the next six months, I’m cataloguing the archive of Wolverton Works....
From today, we’ll be bringing you regular blog updates on the restoration of the mighty Flying Scotsman. They’re actually the same updates that...
Random fact of the day – a painting by the renowned railway poster artist Norman Wilkinson hung over the mantelpiece in the smoking room of the...
Happy New Year to all our readers – lots going on and only three weeks into 2011! I’ll try to let you know about everything as it happens. We’ve...
I can’t quite believe that it’s a year*last week*since I joined the NRM.**First up was*a tour of the Museum where I met a*lot of people and...
As of 1 December, I now have help in the form of an Associate Curator, Bob Gwynne, who is helping deliver many aspects of the programme from...
It may not seem the perfect time of year for a bit of rambling, but a Southern Railways poster acquired by the NRM this week aims to attract the...
As before, lots has gone on since my last entry, much of it paperwork, research and so on, but there are some new faces around the turntable at...
Last week I had a very enjoyable but slightly chilly weekend in Oslo, giving me my first snow of the winter. Being unable to find very much in the...
This is the third and final part in a series of blog posts by Robin Gibson, who’s working with*Stathis Tsolis on the conservation of an 1860s...
This weekend at Shildon sees the re-launch of the APT-E support group at the twice yearly Cab It event. More details on the Cab It! event page...
This last weekend saw a rare outdoor appearance for Great Western Railway Star class 4003 “Lode Star”. Recently removed from the Great Hall at...
Lately I have been thinking about the ways in which the railways have entered*our national consciousness.* Lots of expressions we use today appear...
On National Poetry Day (7 October), Search Engine launched a competition to find the next budding railway poet. Whether it’s the rhythm, the...
Just a quick note from me that, ahead of 30 October’s lighting competition in the Great Hall, we’ve uploaded some stunning photos of last year’s...
After a few weeks within the conservation department on my work placement, and having been suitably inducted and trained, I have experienced a few...
I promised a recap on recent activities, and a spell of working from home has allowed me a little time to report on the 6th Annual Steam Gala at...
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