Category Archives: Image collections

King’s Cross redevelopment wins heritage award

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

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 Northern Railway has transformed the way passengers … Continue reading →

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Picture of the week: royals in Rochdale

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

Here’s another image from our ever-increasing online photo collection. This one’s the choice of Ruth Leach, our Interpretation Developer: Over the last year or so I’ve frequently turned to our image collection for inspiration for the Station Hall redevelopment. When I was … Continue reading →

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Amazing 3D photos of the London Underground from over 100 years ago

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

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 by the City and … Continue reading →

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Manchester Piccadilly: a visual history

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

As a regular visitor passing through Manchester Piccadilly train station, I’ve been interested by some of the paintings and photographs in the collection which give a few insights into its history. I’ve selected some of my favourite images to show … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Week: a dinosaur

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

We’re continuing to celebrate the launch of our new railway photos browser, and now it’s my turn to choose a photo from the collection. Britain’s railway companies have never been averse to celebrating their long history and heritage. 1930 marked … Continue reading →

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Picture of the week: Liverpool 1881

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

We’re continuing to celebrate the launch of our new railway photos section. We added 500 new photos last week, so we’re up to over 4000 Creative Commons-licensed images from our collection that you can browse at leisure. It’s my turn to pick a Picture … Continue reading →

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Picture of the week: The Great Hall of Euston station, 1890

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

We’ve just launched a new railway photos section on our main website, with over 3500 images from our gigantic photo collection. It’s only a tiny proportion of the over 1.75 million photographs we have in stores – we’re concentrating for … Continue reading →

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Railway memories from Birmingham’s London Midland Railway Club Association, Tysley

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

Hello, I’m Verity and I’ve been working as an intern in the Exhibition and Design team for two months as part of my Masters course. I’ve been working on the Station Stories project. As part of this, I recently accompanied … Continue reading →

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James Bond 007 lets the train take the strain

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

There are over 1.5 million photographs in our collection and there are quite a lot of images of road vehicles amongst them. That isn’t a surprise, as railway companies have always operated large numbers of vehicles for purposes such as local delivery of goods. However I can’t think of … Continue reading →

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‘Skegness is SO bracing’ – back to its bracing best

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

There are now only three weeks left to see our summer holiday exhibition Hints for Holidays, which showcases some stunning examples from our poster collections. John Hassall’s ‘Skegness is SO Bracing’ is one of the most iconic British railway posters … Continue reading →

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