Our collection

Our collection includes over 1,000,000 objects from over 300 years of railway history.

Duchess of Hamilton is just one of nearly 300 rail vehicles in the National Collection.

A comprehensive archive of railway style and graphic design.

See how artists have been inspired by the railway.

Some of our 1.75 million images of 160 years of railways, vehicles, workshops and workers.

Signalling and telecommunications, stationary engines, and more.

Railway furniture, timepieces, and fixtures and fittings from railway buildings.

Postcards, railway models, tickets, passes, labels, toys and much more.

Classic documentaries and footage of historic locomotives and rolling stock.

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