Railway records

[suew2706]

My Grandfather worked for LMS railway cerca 1920 -1950 where can I find his work records?

[Megan Roberts]

There are a variety of places to look, but Ancestry has some records. According to their site:

UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956
This database includes indexed images of employment-related records from a number of historic railway companies in England, Scotland, and Wales.
All of the railways included in this database were once private companies that later came under authority of the British Transport Commission with the 1947 Transport Act. The collection features selected records from the following companies:
• RAIL226: Great Central Railway Company
• RAIL264: Great Western Railway Company
• RAIL397: London and North Eastern Railway Company
• RAIL410: London and North Western Railway Company
• RAIL411: London and South Western Railway Company
• RAIL414: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
• RAIL415: London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company (formerly the East Kent Railway)
• RAIL426: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
• RAIL463: Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company
• RAIL491: Midland Railway Company
• RAIL1156: Special Collections: Retired Railway Officers' Society
Approximately 50% of the books cover the Great Western Railway, while the books covering the London and North Western Railway are more dense with records. Most records are prior to 1949, though some date later.

There is also a book called "Was your Grandfather a Railwayman?" by Tom Richards which is a directory of railway archive sources. I just checked Amazon and they have a few copies for 1p!! Search books with this number: 9781860061615

[Peter Goodey]

You can find out the whereabouts of surviving records by searching for the company name in the National Archives catalogue. Some National Archives railway staff records are online at Ancestry.