Yesterday we opened one of the key outputs of the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project – a public exhibition. It brings together the research undertaken…
This week is a busy one for railway history – especially in the north-east of England! The ‘Railway 200’ year culminates in the 200th anniversary…
Over the years we’ve tried to make sure that lots of people know about the Railway Work, Life & Death project. We’ve worked with all…
It’s been a month since the Railway Work, Life & Death project released our newest dataset – and it’s been a busy time! The new…
It’s done! Today we release another c.69,000 records of railway staff accidents into the Railway Work, Life & Death project database – available here, for…
The Railway Work, Life & Death project database is full of cases which we can usefully evaluate with modern eyes. This isn’t straightforward of course…
19-25 May 2025 is ‘Community Rail Week’ – an annual chance to boost the work being done to connect communities with their railways today. The…
Between 1-5 May 2025, the arrival of the railway at Guildford, Surrey, in 1845 is being marked with a temporary exhibition and a plaque on…
2025 is an interesting year for understanding our railway pasts. ‘Railway 200’ is a nation-wide programme of events which marks 200 years since the Stockton…
Who were Frederick Fenney, Percy Masterman and George Way? Do the communities in which they lived and worked remember them, over 100 years after they…