The National Records of Scotland will be unveiling a new exhibition to tie in with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Entitled Scots on the Move: Railways and Tourism in Victorian Scotland, the exhibition will be held between 4-29 August 2025 in General Register House’s Adam Dome on Princes Street. It will be free to visit.
For further details visit https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/latest-news/exhibition-explores-history-of-railway-tourism/.
Chris
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As par of my PhD research I came across a number of accounts of railway journeys across Scotland. Rain seems to feature a lot ;)
ReplyDeleteThankfully for most folk it was usually drier inside a train than outside it!
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