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Tag Archives: railway
King’s Cross redevelopment wins heritage award
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
Posted in Conservation, Image collections
Tagged architecture, kings cross, museum, railway, stations
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Bringing the Prototype HST back to life
January 2012, and the prototype High Speed Train power car is getting closer and closer to roaring back into life thanks to the hard work of the 125 Group, the benevolent staff of East Midlands Trains at their Neville Hill … Continue reading
Posted in Rail vehicle collections
Tagged high speed train, hst, loco, locomotive, museum, rail, railway, trains, transport, transportation
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Happy 100th birthday to a tiny railway with a big history
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School – a model railway layout used to train real-life signallers – recently celebrated its 100th birthday with a three-day have-a go event here at the museum. On Friday, our director Paul Kirkman (below, … Continue reading
Posted in Small object collections
Tagged history, lancashire and yorkshire, rail, railway, signalling, signalling school, trains
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Amazing 3D photos of the London Underground from over 100 years ago
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
Posted in Image collections
Tagged euston, london, railway, stereoscopic, train, transport, tube, undeground
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Manchester Piccadilly: a visual history
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
Posted in Image collections
Tagged london road station, manchester, posters, rail, railway, railway station, store street station, transport
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Railway expressions: ‘Hell on wheels’ and ‘Whistle-stop’
Lately I have been thinking about the ways in which the railways have entered our national consciousness. Lots of expressions we use today appear to have railway associations: ‘hit the buffers’, ‘wrong side of the tracks’, ‘letting off steam’ to name … Continue reading
