Railway

[annaandchester]

Does anyone know how I would go about finding Railway employment records etc for family members who were based at Carlisle. I know that the BBC 2 programme "Who do you think you are" traced the actress Sue Johnson's grandfather and his employment at the station.

Any help anyone can offer would be great.

Anna

[trellisick]

try all of the raiway workers unions, they kept very good records, kali.
aslef (drivers) nur (guards, and signalmen and most other railway employees),  alll the best kali.

[mickgall]

hi Anna

try some of these links

for the drivers union
http://www.aslef.org.uk/
the NUR is now the RMT
http://www.rmt.org.uk/
You could also try some of the societies that have an interest in the old railway companies for Carlisle. Upto 1923 the London & North Western Railway
http://www.lnwrs.org.uk/SHG/CirIndex.php
The Midland Railway
http://webp1.mimas.ac.uk/~zzaascs/mrsoc/mrsoc.html
After 1923 The London Midland & Scottish Railway
http://www.lms-society.org.uk/.
You could also try Railway ancestors
http://www.lms-society.org.uk/



Mick