What is the Kidderminster Railway Museum Photograph Archive?
The KRM Archive now numbers in excess of 60,000 plus black and white photographs as well as a large collection of 10,000 colour slides. They cover most areas of the country, from Wick to Penzance, but there is naturally a bias towards the Great Western Railway system. They cover subjects from locomotives to carriages, permanent way, stations, staff and all manner of other railway subjects. The collection, which is continuing to grow, is run by volunteers with all the profits being used to help in the conservation of the archives. The reputation of the KRM within the museum community for the care of its archive together with its policy of providing ready access to the collections has won it many plaudits and further donations of collections. The archives are not normally open on a daily basis but visits are possible but only by prior appointment. Even though the volunteer staff are very accommodating speculative visits without prior arrangement often lead to disappointment. Please note
