This page gives access to some of the special features that are available on the IRS&TH web site.

Railway Readings

Railway Readings offers a selection of extracts from the British railway press from the 1840s to the 1990s. You can read previous editions via the archive page.

Working papers

The IRS&TH generates high-quality research through the work of its staff and students. The working papers available through our web site give some indication of the breadth, depth and quality of that research. They cover subjects ranging from railway ephemera to the cultural history of the locomotive driver, from industrial research on the LMS to railway imperialism in south-east Asia. Visit the working papers index page for more information.

Web exhibition: railway heraldry

The IRS&TH pioneering scholarly web-exhibition on railway heraldry.

Email lists

The IRS&TH administers two free news and discussion email lists, railway-studies and transport-history