![]() Much to my surprise, a photograph of the Horwich works drawing office in 1917 reveals that around half the workers were female. Plenty of credit is given to the people who made these drawings, along with a discussion on how the arrival of the steam engine contributed to the new skill of engineering drawing. Image credit: National Railway Museum / Science & Society Picture Library Other sections cover passengers, freight, railway workers, ‘the railway workshop of the world’, railways at war and the infrastructure of track and stations, while a useful index will guide you to anything specific. However, if you want to be more systematic, the material is organised by theme, beginning with the timeline of ‘Two centuries of locomotion’, from the horse dandy to the British Rail High Speed Train. It's not a book to read from cover to cover, but dipping in at random throws up all kinds of interesting snippets of technical and social history and is rewarding enough to make you want to return again and again and to share your new discoveries with your family and friends. ![]() Author Christopher Valkoinen, who works in the museum’s library and archives, has chosen over 130 drawings from the collection, along with a similar number of photographs, for ‘Railways: A History in Drawings’ (Thames & Hudson, £50, published August 26 2021), and provides a fascinating commentary explaining their significance.
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