PhD researcher, Wendy O’Neill, concludes this series of blogs by giving advice about how fellow researchers can explore more railway history.
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Category: Research and archive
Rail Reinvention in Liverpool Part 2: Seaforth Container Terminal Branch
PhD researcher, Wendy O’Neill, continues her examination of the reuse of abandoned rail across Merseyside.
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Rail Reinvention in Liverpool Part 1: Merseyrail Electrics
As part of the Railway 200 celebrations, PhD researcher, Wendy O’Neill, examines staff magazines held in our collection to explore the reuse of abandoned rail across Merseyside.
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Remembering Fallen Railway Workers
As Remembrance Sunday approaches, Senior Library and Archive Assistant Peter Thorpe highlights how railway companies commemorated fallen railway workers from the First World War.
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A class of his own: George Ottley and our library classification system
Senior Library and Archive Assistant Peter Thorpe explains our library classification system, adapted from a design created originally be George Ottley.
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‘Begs Leave to Inform’: Transcribing John Graham’s Stockton & Darlington Railway Report Books
Archive volunteer Robert Demaine delves into the story of S&DR Traffic Superintendent John Graham.
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Donating an object
Peter Thorpe explains our approach to collecting and why we must often say ‘no’.
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Agenoria: Tracing the Past
Martyn Halman tells an intriguing story sparked by a recently unearthed drawing on tracing paper.
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Hidden Stories of Engineering: The queer German immigrant who became one of Britain’s leading engineers
Railway historian Anthony Dawson shares the story of Charles Beyer of Manchester’s Beyer, Peacock & Co.
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Legal lines: Leonard Raisbeck and the Stockton & Darlington Railway
Curator Thomas Spain explores some of the legal wranglings that paved the way for the creation of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
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