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.
Restoring objects from our collection often reveals fascinating secrets, and LNER Class A4 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower was no exception.
Here’s another image from our ever-increasing online photo collection, this time the choice of Ruth Leach, our Interpretation Developer.
We’ve recently acquired a concept model which is of one of the rarer examples of railway traction – a locomotive that was never built.
Archive collections and personal histories can help us paint a picture of life for a station master across the last century.
Ruth Leach picks out some recent highlights from the redevelopment of Station Hall.
Some eerie photographs and amazing 3D stereo cards offer a glimpse of the London Underground in years past.
From the early days to visions of the future, our archive offers a picture of Manchester Piccadilly over the years.
Chris Valkoinen picks a favourite picture from from our collections.