Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History, York, UK
Research Workshops, Spring Term 2006-07
14.00 Wednesday 14th February 2007
DIESELIZATION AND MODERNITY
Robert Forsythe (Independent Scholar, Prudhoe)
Expressions of the timetable
Jeff Schramm (University of Missouri-Rolla)
Each to their own: the dieselization of the railroads of the United States
14.00 Wednesday 28th February 2007
THE FINANCES OF RAILWAYS IN POST-WAR BRITAIN
John Quail (University of York)
Management accounting and non-accountable management: The defeat of attempts
at financial control in the UK nationalized railways before Beeching
Terry Gourvish (LSE)
Should the Channel Tunnel have been built?
14.00 Wednesday 14th March 2007
RIVERINE LANDSCAPES
Richard Coopey (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)
A landscape of business: economy and culture on the River Severn 1750-1950
George Revill (Open University)
Landscape, mobility and the cultures of transport: William Jessop and the
'improvement' of the River Trent (Title TBC)
All welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
Please note All workshops are held in the Yorkshire Rail Academy at the
National Railway Museum, York, UK. The YRA is reached from within The
Warehouse at the NRM, off the Great Hall. The YRA is not open to the general
public - you will need to use the entryphone to get into the YRA. Please do
not enter the YRA more than 10 minutes before the advertised starting time.
Ask at the Museum's welcome desks or any information point if you need help.
The National Railway Museum is about 3 minutes' walk from York railway
station via the footbridge. Please use either public entrance to the NRM and
tell the staff at the desk that you are attending the IRS&TH workshops.
Cycle parking is available at the City Entrance. Motorists please note that
NRM parking charges apply (except for registered-disabled parking, available
at the City Entrance).
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