In addition, the collaboration between the Midland Railway Society & the academic world is very welcome.

We've long advocated for the need (on both sides) for stronger connections like this.

More of it, please, from other societies & universities!

#RailwayHistory

A good day to share my memoir of growing up on the East Coast Main Line, where I witnessed of the demise of the steam age & the rise of diesel-electric locomotives. #RailwayHistory #SteamTrains #Deltics #Northumberland

This was a really great day, with such interesting discussions. It gave people a lovely chance to explore #Crewe's #RailwayHistory & share memories of the Works.

Also excellent to help people find ancestors in the accident books we're working on - this is going to be a valuable resource.

Thanks all - it was a really great day, with such interesting discussions. It gave people a lovely chance to explore #Crewe's #RailwayHistory & share memories of the Works.

Also excellent to help people find ancestors in the accident books we're working on - this is going to be a valuable resource.

British Rail in the 1970s Talk

Thu 15 Oct 2026 14:30-15:45 | Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square

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#OnThisDay 1926, 5 LNER bridge painters were hit by a train & killed near #Hucknall, #Nottinghamshire. #RailwayHistory

Richard Eddacott
Bertie Scotney
Thomas Rossiter
Clifford Herring
Cyril Hinsley

They are remembered.

Find out more:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/my-god-come-...

Looking forward to today's meeting about the 'Early Railways' conference, to consider how it might look in the future. Pleased to be representing academic stakeholders in the discussion.

#RailwayHistory

More on the conference here:

earlyrailways.org.uk

Pleased the Hucknall Dispatch features the #Hucknall accident, 100 years ago today, which killed 5 #Mansfield railwaymen.

Uncovered by project research.

#RailwayHistory #LocalHistory #Nottinghamshire
Tragic night on Hucknall railway recalled 100 years on share.google/q3GtJfbwspjT...

#OnThisDay 1926, at this time, 5 LNER bridge painters were hit by a train & killed near #Hucknall, #Nottinghamshire. #RailwayHistory

Richard Eddacott
Bertie Scotney
Thomas Rossiter
Clifford Herring
Cyril Hinsley

They are remembered.

Find out more:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/my-god-come-...

Contemporary reports stated that a massive crowd of 10,000 people watched the very first train leave Leeds at 6:00 am. It arrived in Selby at 9:00 am .Image: Alan Murray-Rust / Yorkshire's first railway station Selby 1834 / CC BY-SA 2.0 #RailwayHistory #Railway #Selby

If you go down to #Stoke today ...

HEAD TO THE STATION!

The brilliant 'Tracks Through Time' exhibition is on display for Heritage Open Days.

Produced by New Vic Borderlines, with input from Foxfield Railway & us, it explores #RailwayHistory, including staff stories from the Stoke-on-Trent area!

Looking forward to today's exploratory conversation with another potential collaborator on an exciting #York-based community project we'd like to get off the ground.

Fingers crossed ... and watch this space!

#RailwayHistory #Community

🚨One week today!🚨

Do come and join us and @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social for some #RailwayHistory, #LocalHistory & #FamilyHistory, all wrapped together!

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bsky.app/profile/fhso...

🚇 A piece of DLR history hiding in plain sight!

This tunnel cutting head at Cutty Sark station helped dig the DLR tunnel beneath the Thames between Island Gardens and Greenwich.

Have you spotted it? 👀

#DLR #Greenwich #RailwayHistory

🚨THIS!🚨

This is going to be really good - if you can get to #Crewe for it, do. Some great #RailwayHistory resources & material for you to see & get involved with.

The planning meeting this morning pulled out some fascinating life & work stories ... with more to come!

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Thanks all - really looking forward to this; this morning's planning was great, & there's loads to share: people who come along are in for a real treat!

#Crewe #RailwayHistory #Heritage

If you've ever wondered what there is to see in Swindon... #travel #swindon #wiltshiretravel #railwayhistory

#OnThisDay 1937, Southern Railway track worker Arthur Watts was struck by a train at Rowlands Castle, #Hampshire.

#RailwayHistory

Arthur is one of the people featured in our Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project - find out more about him here:

www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/portsmouth-a...