March is Women’s History Month, and once again is a good opportunity for our project to reflect on where women appear in our work. This…
Earlier in the year, this week’s guest author, Debbie Cameron, got in touch with us, about one of the cases featured in our new trade…
This week’s blog post comes from guest author Evan Cossburn. Evan’s post was based on cases in last year’s data release of 17,000 accidents between…
As a project, we try to make our work accessible to a wide audience – after all, the more who know about us, the better…
So far we’ve largely confined ourselves to the cases found in our database, to give you more detail on a small – but increasing –…
Earlier this year we were contacted by the author of this blog post, Sarah Maczugowska, seeking information about her Great Grandfather John Pratt’s role on…
Whilst blog posts have largely reflected our project sources and focus, and looked at mainline railways in the UK and Ireland, this doesn’t capture all…
In her research, Sandra Gittins has already turned up a couple of cases of accidents to railway staff serving overseas during World War One –…
In the early 1890s a public scandal arose over the hours some railway employees worked. We might conclude that the press and MPs who took…
In the course of her research into the military railway aspects of the First World War, Sandra Gittins has already found a number of accidents…