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Please note, this blog post quotes language of the 1920s/1930s which is now understood to be outdated and potentially offensive. We believe it is both…
Around two weeks’ ago, we put out a request on our Twitter account to find out more about ‘Cricpante Rego’ – and as well as…
There are many unexpected stories in our project database. Indeed, that’s one of the many excellent things it brings: it allows us to see how…
In this guest post, National Railway Museum volunteer Philip James looks back at some big events in the recent past. He gives a personal perspective…
Today’s post, from the project’s Helen Ford at the Modern Records Centre, looks at a particularly difficult part of Ireland’s past: the lead up to…
Our project is documenting the many risks incidental to railway working – including at times animal dangers. We’ll be coming back to the more usual…
Sadly for a great many of our readers the none-too-subtle title of this post will be self-explanatory. The UK’s departure from the European Union on…
In this guest post Norman Gamble, the Archivist of the Irish Railway Record Society (IRRS), introduces the Society and its archives – including the great…
Whilst as a project the records we’re making available are focused on Britain and Ireland, we’re interested in how railway safety has played out in…