The Railway Review
Digitised editions
Early issues of The Railway Review, "a weekly newspaper for railwaymen" produced by the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and its successor the National Union of Railwaymen, have been digitised to help preserve and provide wider access to the fragile volumes.
The digitised editions cover the following dates:
- July 1880 - Dec 1881 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1882 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1883 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1884 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1885 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- May - Dec 1886 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1887 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1888 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1889 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1890, and Apr 1891 - Dec 1892 (MRC catalogue - 1890Link opens in a new window and 1891-1892Link opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1898 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1899 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1900 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1901 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1902 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1903 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1904 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1905 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1906 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1907 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1908 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1909 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1910 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1911 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1912 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1913 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1914 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1915 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1916 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1917 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1918 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1919 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
- Jan - Dec 1920 (MRC catalogueLink opens in a new window)
Some of the stranger stories from the newspaper are highlighted in Tales of the Unexpected in The Railway Review. Some of the editions are also included in Warwick Digital Collections.
'Battle of Bread': Tales from the Victorian breadline
The first editor of 'Railway Review', James Greenwood, was a “social explorer” known for his colourful descriptions of working class life in London. Early editions of the NUR newspaper include Greenwood's articles on the urban underclass of the early 1880s - from mudlarks to quack medicine sellers.
First World War cartoons
We have also digitised and made available online cartoons from 'The Railway Review' dating from August 1914 to December 1914. The cartoons, drawn by 'DIN', include satirical comment on railway working conditions and management, wartime social problems (including profiteers and food shortages), the introduction of women workers, the 1918 general election and plans for post-war reconstruction.