Yesterday we opened one of the key outputs of the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project – a public exhibition. It brings together the research undertaken…
Railway Work, Life & Death Co-Lead and Library Manager at the National Railway Museum (NRM), Karen Baker, talks about the Museum’s use of the RWLD…
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…
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…
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…
We know from the Railway Work, Life & Death project database that, on 11 November 1932, Southern Railway checker G Richardson was injured at Havant…
In the UK, the heritage railway sector is an important contributor to public engagement with the past. We benefit from widespread public interest in the…
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…
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…
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…