Previous editions of 'What the Papers Said' (to May 2002) and 'Railway Readings' (from June 2002) are accessible from this page. Follow the links below to go to a particular edition.

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June 2001: Railways and general elections, 1929-1997

July 2001: Labour troubles, 1848-1994

August 2001: Accidents in August, 1840-1873

September 2001: A railway miscellany 1851-1976

October 2001: The miniature scene: from the pages of Model Railway News, 1925-50

November 2001: Railway remembrance

February 2002: Afghanistan: a land without railways?

March 2002: Railways and dictators: Germany and Italy between the wars

April 2002: Women on the rails I: travellers

May 2002: The Channel Tunnel 1873-1883

June 2002: Royal arrivals and departures 1901-1953

September 2002: Sorry, selection no longer available

11 September Special Edition: World Trade Center, 11 September 2001

October 2002: Harrow & Wealdstone, 8 October 1952

February 2003: The Railways Act and the Grouping, 1920-1923

March 2003: The Beeching Report, 1963

April 2003: The railways of India, 1853-1953

May 2003: A railway miscellany, 1873-1963

Compiled by colleagues from the Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History, York, UK.