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« on: April 07, 2010, 20:23:14 »
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A national archive is to be created to ensure that the records from train operators and rail companies that no longer exist, such as GNER▸ (Great North Eastern Railways), are conserved and made available to the public.

An agreement between the Railway Heritage Committee and the National Museum of Science and Industry, parent body of the National Railway Museum, will ensure that records do not become fragmented and inaccessible to the public. Any material which is still regarded as commercially sensitive will be placed into deep storage until it is able to be released.

National Railway Museum Director, Steve Davies MBE said: ^Search Engine, our railway archive based at York, is already a popular and valuable resource for historians and academics into the history of Britain^s railway down to 1997. The Rail Industry National Archive will ensure that the records continue unbroken into the period of privatisation ^ a unique and continuous record of the changes in business and society that the railway brought to Britain.^
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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