🚨New blog post!🚨
Read about @thewatercressline.bsky.social newest project ‘The Watercress Line Through Time’ in this latest piece from Dan Ball ⬇️
hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/stories/blog...
We are thrilled to support this project to develop deeper into #Hampshire #RailwayHistory 🚂
I had lunch today at St Pancras with my friend Richard. But just look at this extraordinary historical photo showing just how much railway land’s been lost to development. To get your bearings you can see King’s Cross & St Pancras station buildings in the top left corner.
#railwayhistory #london
Ah, interesting - glad that these station or area specific displays have been put in, hopefully they'll engage people who aren't familiar with #RailwayHistory, as well as offer something new to those who are!
This looks like a fun event, with a serious point - potentially several serious points, actually!
Taking place on the Avon Valley Railway tomorrow; how do we encourage people to engage with the past?
#RailwayHistory #RailwayHeritage
New on our blog: “Habsburg Railroad Engineers in America”
Discover how Matthias Schönerer, Franz Anton von Gerstner & Carl von Ghega saw the promise of American steam power—strengthening Austrian-American ties.
botstiberbiaas.org/habsburg-rai...
#HabsburgEmpire #RailwayHistory #AustrianHistory
March is #WomensHistoryMonth!
Many railwaywomen feature in our project's free database of accidents to British & Irish railway workers before 1939, available from our website.
You can find out about a few of them in our blog posts:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/women
#RailwayHistory
With the upgrade works currently underway at Barking station, I’ve noticed some of the old Network SouthEast signs are still hanging on.
A proper throwback to the red, white and blue era 🔴⚪🔵
#NetworkSouthEast #BarkingStation #RailwayHistory #Trainspotting #BarryOnTheRail
wooden operator's cabin, and wrought-iron girders. It is now a pedestrian and cycle path. #Hull #RailwayHistory #IndustrialHeritage #Heritage #Yorkshire
Room with a roof light, containing 7 pull-up banners, part of the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts exhibition. The banners feature text and images, and logos of those involved. On the walls are enamel signs.
Two pull-up banners, stood in front of viewing gallery windows, through which can just be seen work in progress on restoring steam locomotives. On the walls are enamel signs.
A display case containing leaflets about the South Coast's Forgotten Railway Workers exhibition, and the Railway Work, Life & Death project. Nearby on the table are pencils and feedback forms. Behind them sits a sign: 'Beware of trains'.
Poster with a deep green border, detailing the life story of Arthur Gates, killed in a shunting accident at Alton, Hampshire, in 1913, aged 20. Includes a posed staff safety photograph showing a railway worker about to be run over by a train approaching unseen from behind, a QR code to the full story, and logos of the University of Portsmouth, Watercress Line and Railway 200.
If you're going to the Watercress Line today, at Ropley you'll find the #Railway200 exhibition train ...
... and, in the viewing gallery, the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts exhibition AND a new display all about staff on the Watercress Line before preservation - be sure to see it!
#RailwayHistory
Room with a roof light, containing 7 pull-up banners, part of the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts exhibition. The banners feature text and images, and logos of those involved. On the walls are enamel signs.
Two pull-up banners, stood in front of viewing gallery windows, through which can just be seen work in progress on restoring steam locomotives. On the walls are enamel signs.
A display case containing leaflets about the South Coast's Forgotten Railway Workers exhibition, and the Railway Work, Life & Death project. Nearby on the table are pencils and feedback forms. Behind them sits a sign: 'Beware of trains'.
Poster with a deep green border, detailing the life story of Arthur Gates, killed in a shunting accident at Alton, Hampshire, in 1913, aged 20. Includes a posed staff safety photograph showing a railway worker about to be run over by a train approaching unseen from behind, a QR code to the full story, and logos of the University of Portsmouth, Watercress Line and Railway 200.
If you're going to the Watercress Line today, make sure you visit the viewing gallery in Ropley!
You'll find our Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts exhibition AND a new display all about staff on the Watercress Line before preservation!
#Railway200 #RailwayHistory
The lovely and quaint Broadstairs railway station is the subject of my newest video #railway #station #broadstairs #seaside #railwayhistory youtu.be/4sjLL5Lxz3g
A pocket watch
Grandfather, Albany Braund died 63 years ago today. His biography isn't yet online so here's the story of his watch instead. It was awarded for 45 years service with London South West Region of the railways. www.grannystales.co.uk/albanyswatch #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Memorabilia #RailwayHistory
#ICYMI we've been doing some work on Stoke-on-Trent & surrounds!
#Staffordshire #LocalHistory #RailwayHistory
Part of New Vic Borderlines 'Tracks through Time' project, we've researched some railway staff life stories - read them here:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/stoke-on-tre...
Railway. The original survives but is too fragile to run and is cared for at the Locomotion Museum Shildon. www.locomotion.org.uk/home Image 1975 replica of Locomotion No. 1, Kabelleger, CC BY-SA 4.0 3/3 #Railway #RailwayHistory #Heritage
🚂The Ouse Valley Viaduct in Sussex — a Victorian railway masterpiece.
I captured this iconic viaduct from the air, showing its 37 arches, perfect symmetry, and stunning countryside setting.
🎥 Watch here 👉 youtu.be/G6e88gyY20c?...
#OuseValleyViaduct #RailwayHistory #BridgeLovers #DroneFootage
Done!
Really hard to pare it down to essentials, but getting the kids to think about before & after the coming of the railway, via the places they know, was a good strategy.
They ask a lot of questions, too ... 👏 but exhausting!
#RailwayHistory #WellDoneTeachers #Railway200
And if you're going to see #Railway200 Inspiration today in #Crewe, do stop in and see the 'Tracks through Time' exhibition!
It's in the station building near the partner zone carriage - come & find out lots more about the region's #RailwayHistory!
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The sun setting on a cold December evening as viewed from a bridleway/footpath above Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland in NE England. Historically, back in the 19th century, this was a railway line, part of a vast network of lines that conveyed coal from the collieries across the Durham coalfield to the drops on the River Wear.
An 1896 OS map marks this location at Houghton-le-Spring, NE England as 'Byer Bank'. Back then, it was the route of the Hetton Colliery Railway, conveying coal from nearby collieries, all the way down to the coals drops on the River Wear.
#sunderland #sunset #winter #railwayhistory #houghtonlespring
We researched Arthur Churchill's life story as part of our Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project.
#Railway200 #RailwayHistory #FamilyHistory
There's more on Arthur's life here, produced with his son Gordon's help:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/portsmouth-a...
If you're looking to find out more about the Railway Work, Life & Death project, why not read our latest article?
#RailwayHistory #Railway200
Free, from the @sciencemuseum.org.uk Group Journal:
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1048467 #Colorado #JeffersonCounty #RailwayHistory Credit: Unknown
VINTAGE POSTCARD Train Happy New Year Pig
www.cpaphil.com/en/p...
#VintagePostcard #AntiquePostcard #HappyNewYear #NewYearPostcard #TrainPostcard #VintageTrain #RailwayHistory #LuckyPig #PigSymbol #HumorousPostcard #FantasyPostcard #Early20thCentury #NostalgicArt
This is nice - and v much chimes with the Railway Work, Life & Death project.
#FamilyHistory #Railway200 #LocalHistory #RailwayHistory
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#ICYMI our most recent blog post looks at the accident which disabled GWR level crossing keeper Margaret Hamer in 1923, in #Wales.
#Railway200 #RailwayHistory #FamilyHistory
It was a story in which family played a key part, too:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/margaret-ham...
Photograph of a poster in a frame, titled 'Working at, but not for, the railway at Petersfield', on a waiting room wall, with a window beyond. Through the window platform and tracks can be seen. A piece of green tinsel sits over the poster frame.
Photograph of a poster in a frame, titled 'A major recommendation after a minor injury', on a waiting room wall. A piece of green tinsel sits over the poster frame. The poster details the accident which hurt Albert Darnell.
🚨NEW POSTERS ON DISPLAY! 🚨
Our next Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts #Railway200 posters are now in the up (London-bound) waiting room/ cafe at #Petersfield station!
They tell the stories of Arthur Hobbs & Albert Darnell, who worked at Petersfield in the early 1900s.
#RailwayHistory
Black and white photograph of a four-lens railway signal mounted on a concrete base, marked with the number 178, with train tracks and a train visible in the background.
Railway signal no. 178 standing firm by the tracks, a silent guardian of train movements.
#RailwaySignal #TrainInfrastructure #IndustrialPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #RailwayHistory #TransportPhotography #SignalLight #RailwayArt #DocumentaryPhotography #UrbanInfrastructure
Inspiration, the #Railway200 exhibition train, is on the 1st day of its stop in #Southampton today!
It's popular too, with (free) tickets having been snapped up - looking forward to seeing how it goes today, as we're in the partner zone on Tuesday!
#Hampshire #RailwayHistory
It was really lovely to see old friends in the audience, as well as people we've not encountered before - a great mix, covering #LocalHistory, #FamilyHistory, #RailwayHistory & more!
The feedback has been both excellent AND very useful - some new connections to follow up on!
Something slightly different - a piece describing the tragic death of a victorian engine-driver and the impact on his wife and family.
buff.ly/L6Nj6zL
#railways #railwayhistory #railwayaccident #writing #history #industrialhistory #trains
