A day of talks, film and historic records is being held – all related to the Furness Railway in the Barrow area.

The Furness Railway Heritage day is being held on Tuesday, August 15, in the Barrow Archive and Local Studies Library within the town’s main Ramsden Square library.

Throughout the afternoon and evening sessions, there will be railway-related books, documents and pictures on show from the archive collection.

At 2.15pm there is an illustrated talk by Barrow railway historian and author Geoff Holme called Railway Heritage and Me, about his interest in the Furness Railway.

You can see Lost Station at 3.15pm, a film by Barrow Island School and Signal Films.

At 7pm Geoff Holme will present an illustrated talk called The Furness Railways within Barrow-in-Furness through the lens of Michael Andrews.

Mr Andrews, who lived from 1932 to 2010, was a life-long railway enthusiast and documented in pictures and detailed research the development – and eventual closure – of many aspects of the old Furness Railway complex of lines and stations.

The Barrow man trained as a doctor and later became the medical officer for British Railways before retiring in 1992.

His research was drawn together by friends after his death and published in 2012 as The Furness Railway, A History by Barrai Books.

The Barrow-based Furness Railway started in 1846 as a local line rather than an ambitious mainline scheme to link with Carnforth and Whitehaven.

It brought Kirkby slate and Lindal iron ore to the coast, with Staffordshire and South Wales being keen buyers of ore for the iron furnaces.

Barrow’s original station was at the St George’s Road end of town – rather than the later central station, off Abbey Road, which travellers are familiar with.

Later extensions took the Furness Railway to the town’s iron and steelworks and on to Hawcoat Quarry.

The development of the Barrow dock system from 1867 prompted more rail laying and links were made with mines at Stank.

Places at all the events are free but places need to be booked by calling 01229 407377, or you can send an email to barrow.archives@cumbria.gov.uk