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Refrigerated Warehouses are essential to the cold chain. With an increasing demand for cold storage products, the need for large, refrigerated warehouse space has increased. Refrigerated warehouses are meant to store a variety of products which typically require different temperature zones. Which makes maintaining temperature requirements a difficult and (expensive task). This blog serves as…
As the first COVID vaccine to be given FDS emergency authorization begins its distribution, many healthcare organizations have been tasked with a new challenge; figuring out how to store the vaccine at ultra-cold temperatures. How can healthcare organizations set themselves up for success quickly? In this episode of Cooler News, host Daniel Litwin is joined…
On March 8, President Trump signed two proclamations imposing tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, however Mexico, Canada and the EU were granted temporary exemptions while discussions between the countries occur. The deadline for an agreement was June 1st. Effective at midnight tonight, the measure levies a 25% tariff on imported steel and a 10%…
Elanor Henry, an MA Museum and Artefacts Studies student from the University of Durham, reveals the story behind a fascinating object she discovered in our collection. Hello! I’m Elanor Henry, a Masters student on placement here at the National Railway Museum. Over the past few weeks I have been selecting and researching a variety…
Learn more about the labyrinthine history of one of the museum’s most well-loved objects. As regular readers of this blog will know, the museum is currently restoring the external fabric of Borough Market Junction Signal Box. The work is being funded through the generous support of the Friends of the National Railway Museum, especially the Southern…
As a matter of fact I’m a rather cosmopolitan train – part-French, part-Brummie. I was born, raised and tested in Belfort, France and Washwood Heath, Birmingham, in the UK, courtesy of my Anglo-French parents Alstom, in 1994. As part of the TGV family I have high speed brothers and sisters across Europe and the globe….
Archivist Alison Kay picks out some culinary highlights from our collection. Here’s a letter from the Hackworth archive – our collection of papers from the family of Timothy Hackworth, railway engineer and early railway pioneer. The letter, sent to Hackworth’s granddaughter Jane Young by an unknown sender, describes the strange way the family cooked their Christmas…
Hear first-hand from one of our visitors what life was like as a fireman on Duchess of Hamilton. The re-streamlined Duchess of Hamilton draws many admirers here at the museum. But few, if any, can boast as deep an understanding of Stanier’s masterpiece as the visitor I showed onto its footplate last week. The visitor…
Author Diccon Bewes recounts the journey he made researching his new book ‘Slow Train to Switzerland’, following in the footsteps of an intrepid 19th century holidaymaker. I needed to see a train. Not just any old carriage but one which might have been used by a Yorkshire lady in 1863. York and trains can mean only…