Last week we launched our enhanced dataset of Railway Inspectorate staff accident investigations. We added a further 17,000 records to the existing database, available here, bringing our coverage to around 21,000 individuals, 1900-1939. In the blog post launching the new data, we outlined a few key points and gave some brief examples. In this blog […]
Archive | July, 2022
Names still spoken – our new data release
Over the years, many people have toyed with the idea that we don’t fully die until we are forgotten. We hope that with our free new data release, detailing around 17,000 British and Irish railway worker accidents between 1900 and 1939, those individuals’ names will be spoken and the men, women and children remembered. Almost […]
Young Railway Porter’s Life Extinguished
With next week’s new data release, this post from guest author Susan Fabbro is timely. Susan was good enough to put it together for us some time ago, after a chance meeting at a conference – and after we were able to help uncover some more information about a railway staff accident in her family […]
Rosebay Willowherb: The Alternative Archive of a Railway Accident
This week’s blog post comes from project friend and champion, Catherine Clarke. Catherine’s support has been tremendously helpful – so we were really pleased when she contacted us to offer this story. We didn’t know how moving it would be, but it is tremendously affective. Catherine demonstrates the lasting impact of a railway accident, and […]
