We have added two fascinating pages on the subject of the railway base on talks organised by Friends of the National Rail Museum.
We have adapted Frank Patterson’s talk on the history of the railways in York with some great new photographs. Frank was Regional Manager of the North Eastern region of British Rail before retiring and becoming president of the Friends of the NRM
Hugh Fenwick’s equally interesting first hand account of the creation of the Selby Diversion includes terrific detail of this major civil engineering project “finished on time and within budget”.
For those interested in the Selby Coalfield we have included a link to “Selby Superpit”, a blog still under development but already with a mass of new information.