What place did the horse have in the steam railway? Perhaps surprisingly, a big one. Horses were essential for shunting wagons in yards and for…
Accidents of any sort aren’t particularly romantic, it has to be said, but given it’s St Valentine’s Day this week, we thought we’d have a…
Each case in our database is interesting (and often sad) in its own right. But one of the powerful things the database allows us to…
It seems perhaps trite to say that the First World War had an impact on virtually every aspect of life in Britain, but we can…
Around 20% of the accidents that were investigated by the railway inspectors and featured in this project were, tragically, fatalities. No question, then, that work…
A guest post, by Arthur Moore, one of the project’s volunteers Having spent some time inputting Board of Trade accident reports on to…