An exhibition on the history of Harpenden's railways is running at the Eric Morecambe Centre until the end of December.
The display was first featured as part of the 'Growth of Harpenden' exhibition on Harpenden Local History Day - which charted the town's development.
Trustee and researcher David Kendall said: "Although from the early 18th century Harpenden had been on a main turnpike road going North from London, its development from a rural village into a town towards the end of the 19th century resulted from the three railway lines introduced after 1860.
"The Harpenden’s Railways special exhibition sets out the history of those lines and what has become of them.
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"It includes the colourful stories of schoolchildren using the rural Nickey Line in the 1940s, as well as a timetable for the Great Northern Railway trains carrying horses and racegoers to the Harpenden Races before World War One.
"The growth in travel on the Midland Line into London – now Thameslink – also features.
“A large and detailed map of Harpenden station which belonged to the Vice-Chairman of Midland Railways, Henry Tylston Hodgson, is on display. He lived in Harpenden for 45 years and was a great benefactor of the town."
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