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Tracing your railway ancestors – WDYTYA magazine
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the importance of the railways in creating the Britain we know today. Before their ...
The railway navvies
Local people in Victorian times were generally delighted when the railway arrived to connect them with the outside world, bringing ...
How railways changed Britain
Today, the railways today are an important part of our infrastructure but rather tucked away out of sight and often ...
Hudson, the controversial railway king
Flawed characters are always the most interesting. If fate had been kinder, George Hudson would have been remembered by his ...