People of the railways

The American Revolution didn't just transform North America. It was part of a global struggle involving competing empires, international alliances and conflict at sea.In the second of our two-part series of On the Record, we explore the global history of the American Revolution t ...  Show more

The American Revolution is the origin story of the United States. But what did it look like from the British perspective?In the first of a two-part series of On the Record, we turn the map around and explore the American Revolution through British records held at The National Arc ...  Show more

Today Tom and Dominic are joined by historian Dan Jackson to talk about one of the greatest inventions known to man - the railways. Where were they first created? When did they arrive in England? And how did they relate to the standardisation of GMT in Britain? From Eric Hobsba ...  Show more

On this episode of Our American Stories, Jackson McQuigg of the Atlanta History Center tells the story of the principle pursuit locomotive of the Great Railroad Chase and Leslie Leyland Fields tells the story of how she came to write her memoir.Support the show ( https://www.ouram ...  Show more

What is it about model trains that so captivates people, young and old alike? How did they start as an icon of innovation, and then become such a treasured piece of nostalgia over time? In today's episode, the gang explores the history of model trains from centuries past to the m ...  Show more