14.00 Wednesday 12th October 2011
CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF INDIAN AND AMERICAN RAILWAYS

Vijaya Singh (Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla)
'Intruding upon the stationary: the journey of a thousand miles and thousand looks'

Paul Young (University of Exeter)
'Envisioning investment: British speculation in American railways, 1865-1914'

Friday 14th-Saturday 15th October 2011
LTC ROLT

A two-day symposium on LTC Rolt, the historian, social and ecological thinker, and pioneer of transport and industrial 'preservation', to mark the 60th anniversary of Rolt's arrival as the first general manager of the Talyllyn Railway uhder the auspices of the preservation society.

Joseph Boughey (IRS&TH)
'From transport's Golden Age to Tourist Gaze: Rolt, authenticity and environment'

Mark Baldwin
'Miles better than Smiles: the engineer as author'

David Gwyn
'Tortillard pour Tywyn: Tom Rolt and Wales'

Bob Gwynne (National Railway Museum)
'Before and after Rolt: origins and aftermath'

This workshop was held in Tywyn, headquarters of the Talyllyn Railway. A special vintage train ran on the Saturday as part of the event.

14.00 Wednesday 7th December 2011
RAILWAY LABOUR

George Revill (Open University)
'Unpacking Schivelbusch's "Machine Ensemble": railway work and the objectification of technology'

Bobbie Oliver (Curtin University, Western Australia)
'Amalgamation in Australian railway unions: cause and effect'

14.00 Thursday [sic] 2 February 2012
CYCLING HISTORY AND NOW

Kat Jungnickel (University of East London)
'The socio-politics of bloomers and lycra: why what cyclists wear still matters'

Nicholas Oddy (Glasgow School of Art)
'The roadster's end'

14.00 Wednesday 15 February 2012
COMMUNITY RAILWAYS

Paul Salveson (University of Huddersfield)
'Rolling back Beeching: how community rail has transformed Britain's branch lines'

Ian Gray (Charles Sturt University, New South Wales)
'What aspects of the history of rural Australia created the conditions which
make railway localisation more or less difficult to implement?'

14.00 Wednesday 2 May 2012
SAFETY REGIMES

Mike Esbester (University of Portsmouth)
'"Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmetic, and Road safety ...": educating British road users in safe and responsible behaviour, c.1916-1970'

Frances Hodgson (University of Leeds)
'Walking strategies, exclusion and remembering resistance: skilling, history and gender'

All welcome. Refreshments served.

The workshops (except for that on LTC Rolt) will take place in the Edmondson Room, Search Engine at the National Railway Museum. The NRM is about three minutes’ walk from the railway station, using the footbridge. Please use either the City or Car Park entrances and tell the staff at the welcome desk that you are attending the workshop.

Please note that NRM car-parking charges (£9 per day or part thereof) apply. Free disabled parking is available near the public entrances.

These workshops are financed by the National Railway Museum; the LTC Rolt workshop was additionally supported by the Narrow Gauge Railway Trust and the Talyllyn Railway.