14.00 Wednesday 5th November 2008
THE GWR COMPANY MAGAZINE

Gerald Crompton (University of Kent)
Keeping the 'Great' in 'Great Western': functions of the railway company magazine in inter-war Britain

Mike Esbester (University of Reading)
Life, liberty and the pursuit of ...'Safety'? the GWR, its magazine and railway worker safety ca 1900-1939

14.00 Wednesday 3rd December 2008
BRITISH RAILWAY FINANCES BEFORE 1914

Peter Fletcher (IRS&TH)
Glenmutchkin revisited: sources of railway capital in northern Scotland, 1844-1874

John Dodgson (LSE)
Measuring the productivity performance of major British railway companies, 1872-1912


14.00 Wednesday 21st January 2009
FOOTPLATE UNIONS IN BRITAIN AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Bobbie Oliver (Curtin University, Western Australia)
Origins of the ASLEF and the LEDFCU (Locomotive Engine Drivers' Firemen's and Cleaners' Union of Western Australia): a comparative study

David Howell (University of York)
Understanding John Bromley: a study in trade union politics


14.00 Wednesday 4th March 2009
RAILWAYS AND CANALS IN INTER-WAR BRITAIN

Mike Anson (Bank of England)
Barging along: The Grand Union Canal Company

Roy Edwards (University of Southampton)
Co-operation in transport:the British Railways and the Railway Clearing House 1923-c1947


14.00 Wednesday 6th May 2009
'FAILED' TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES

Chris Neilson (University of Manchester)
Now You See Me, Now You Don't: the British navigable airship, 1905-1935

Paul Smith (Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris)
Atmospheric railways: the French connection

14.00 Wednesday 20th May 2009
THE ENGINEERING OF GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN RAILWAYS

Jim Rees (National Railway Museum)
Rediscovering a lost railway pioneer

David Brooke (Independent scholar)
William Mackenzie

Please note that the date of this workshop has changed.

All welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

All workshops are held in the NRM's Search Engine research and study facility. Search Engine is accessed from the ground floor of the Great Hall.

The National Railway Museum is about 3 minutes' walk from York railway station via the footbridge. Please use either public entrance to the NRM and tell the staff at the desk that you are attending the IRS&TH workshops. Cycle parking is available at the City Entrance. Motorists please note that NRM parking charges apply (except for registered-disabled parking, available at the City Entrance).