The railway as cultural metaphor

The Journal of Transport History;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...'What kind of railway history?' revisited In 1993 Terry Gourvish...journal a summary and review of the railway history published within its pages.1...is one that remains valid for railway history at large. It is still true that...

Constructing the past: Railway history from below or a study in nostalgia?

The Journal of Transport History;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......important resource for the study of railway history, and the methodological problems entailed...historians' criticisms of popular railway history, in particular that it is often romantic...patchy, and usually poor, way in which railway history has been presented. Historical writing...

Perspectives on Railway History and Interpretation

The Journal of Transport History;  March 1, 1998 ;     559 words ......Shorland-Ball (eds), Perspectives on Railway History and Interpretation, National Railway...perspectives on aspects of British railway history, plus a brief but welcome critical...development. While Perspectives on Railway History and Interpretation cannot now be recommended...

The book now leaving Stourbridge Junction; David Benjamin browses through...

The Birmingham Post (England);  January 2, 1999 ;     499 words ......bookshelves of those interested in railway history or industrial archeology of the Midlands...works from Stourbridge. Stourbridge's railway history started in 1829 when a local firm...are published by Oakwood Library of Railway History. The That Was The Week That Was quiz...

'The lost idea of a train': Looking for Britain's railway novel

The Journal of Transport History;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......encouraging thing about the practice of railway history in the east ten years or so,' Michael...other forms of transport history,2 railway history certainly has explored new sources...railway studies, can now be built on railway history's firm base. Let me justify this broad...

Bibliographie der österreichischen Eisenbahnliteratur von den Anfängen bis...

The Journal of Transport History;  September 1, 2004 ;     662 words ......essential basis for investigations into railway history in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (not...contain general literature; periodicals; railway history and politics by region - from Bucovina...everyone who is interested in the railway history of Central and Eastern Europe. [Author...

Right lines.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 8, 2001 ;     18 words ...THE Wirral Railway History Group meets tonight at the URC Hall, Meols Drive, West Kirby, 7.30pm. Newcomers are welcome.

Port to welcome steam legend

Yorkshire Post;  April 29, 2008 ;     193 words ...RAILWAY history will be made this weekend when a legendary locomotive more familiar...manager, Philip Benham, said: "This is a very important weekend in railway history. It will be the first and last time that Whitby will be able to welcome...

Outlook: Railway bizarre

The Independent - London;  June 25, 2002 ;     394 words ...STUDENTS OF railway history will recall that just before Stephen Byers pulled the plug on Railtrack...than as a piece of supposedly popularist butchery? One for the students of railway history to ponder. jeremy.warner@independent.co.uk

Railway history back in spotlight after nearly 150 years on seabed

The Northern Echo;  July 12, 2002 ;     235 words ......its secrets, and after one of the longest projects in diving history, experts are getting a priceless insight into early railway history. Now the entire fascinating story is being told in an exhibition, Treasures from the Deep, at the National Railway Museum...

Baseball in Columbus: Images of Baseball.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)

Nine;  March 22, 2004 ;     419 words ......two-page descriptive narrative that provides context for the illustrative material that follows. The first two chapters recount the era...images constitute the bulk of the volume. The excellent illustrative material is not a random hodgepodge of available pictures but...

Fan pays pounds 1,600 for a rusty nail.(News)

The People (London, England);  June 28, 1998 ;     45 words ...A PIECE of railway history went under the hammer - a NAIL. And it was snapped up for an incredible pounds 1,600. The rusty relic dating from 1841 - part of...

Railway insights.(News)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  September 26, 2008 ;     53 words ...NORTH East railway history will be discussed at a meeting next week. The Stephenson Locomotive Society is holding its next meeting next Friday at 7pm. The...

It's the end of the line ; Vandals destroy railway history

Evening Mail;  November 16, 2001 ;     207 words ......reported at 11pm on Wednesday. Richard Fearn, Railtrack's Midlands director, said: 'It's very sad that such a piece of local railway history ends its operational life in this way. Dedicated 'This is yet another example of rail vandalism and we would strongly urge...

Museum on right track for Iron Lady plaque

Yorkshire Post;  March 7, 2007 ;     280 words ...The Iron Lady became part of railway history yesterday when a plaque unveiled by her to mark the electrification...plaques marked the growing role of Atkins in preserving railway history. The company also recently donated signalling equipment...