The National Railway Museum Podcast

In this episode of the National Railway Museum Podcast, Oli is joined by none other than our Head Curator Andrew McLean, as they discuss all things Beeching, the controversial figure who made cuts that drastically reshaped Britain's rail network in the 1960s!

Diving deep on this episode of the National Railway Museum Podcast, Oli Betts is joined by Dr. Michael Bailey, scholar of early railways as they discuss Operation Iron Horse, the mission which successfully salvaged custom-built 19th-century steam train engines from the seabed off the English coast after they were lost at sea during a shipwreck in 1869.

Enter the railways! This episode sees Oli meet up with Rob Scargill, curator of the futures gallery to see what we have to learn from Japanese railways, from railway safety, to highspeed vehicles, from hello Kitty to womens only carriage we look at how the japanese have integrated the railways into their culture and what that might mean for the future of railways globally.

Our podcast is filmed in Countess of York, the home of delicious afternoon tea at our museum.

For more information about Countess and our museum, head to: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/

On this episode of the National Railway Museum Podcast, Oli lends his expertise from his brief stint in CSI: York and talks with Paul Bickley, curator of the Crime Museum at New Scotland Yard.

Our podcast is filmed in Countess of York, the home of delicious afternoon tea at our museum.

To find out more about the Metropolitan Police's museums and archives, head to: https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/met-museums-archives/

For more information about Countess and our museum, head to: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/

This week Oli is joined by an expert on the history of the Royal Family who just so happens to be his wife. Together Oli and Sarah discuss how and why the royal family have used the railways for the past 150 years.

Our podcast is filmed in Countess of York, the home of delicious afternoon tea at our museum. For more information about Countess and our museum, head to: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/

Welcome to the National Railway Museum podcast! Railway 200 caused a lot of debate around what we mean when we say railway—so in our first episode Oli Betts and Anthony Coulls take a long look at what happened in the UK before 1825 and explore what the word railway actually means!

Our podcast is filmed in Countess of York, the home of delicious afternoon tea at our museum. For more information about Countess and our museum, head to: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/