With the Flying Scotsman fully restored, and makings its first journey from London today in many years, now is a good time to investigate the railway workers in your family tree. From engineers, drivers, station staff, goods handlers and platelayers, there were all types of occupations associated with the railway.
Life in the employment of the big rail companies could take families all over the country. An unexpected place of birth for an ancestor's child may point towards the family being more mobile that was first thought, for example.
Many railway companies do have surviving records. Why not contact us to see whether any of your family members worked on the railways?
