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The Box Tunnel – Brunel builds the impossible
8 April 2021 | 2 min read
The Box Tunnel in Wiltshire is one of our finest Victorian structures. It’s also one of the railway’s greatest triumphs….
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The Architecture the Railways Built – Royal Albert Bridge
26 January 2021 | 3 min read
The Royal Albert Bridge – Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s masterpiece – stars in the brand-new The Architecture the Railways Built. Historian…
![Drawing from an animation of Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel enjoying a drink in front of pyramids and palm trees.](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Egypt-Robert-Stephenson-and-Brunel-1.jpg)
From the archive: Brunel and Stephenson’s Christmas in Cairo
24 December 2020 | 5 min read
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Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday – a nursing pioneer’s links with Brunel
12 May 2020 | 4 min read
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VE Day – The railway in WWII
8 May 2020 | min read
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From the archive: war memorials
11 November 2019 | 3 min read