So far our project has focused on what we’d understand as ‘mainline’ railways. That’s been a product of the sources available to us. It means…
As guest author Alexandra Foulds notes, this post came about by a chance connection on Twitter – fortunately, though the subject matter is, perhaps needless…
Some days on the railways were worse than others – in total, and for particular grades of workers. The 19th of January was one which…
This month we’ve already highlighted a a number of cases in which workers had 2 accidents (see here and here). Before the month is out,…
Last year the author of this guest post, Tom Hall, got in touch with us. Having found out about the project, he wanted to let…
In this post, guest author Mark Rothwell looks at the service of GWR railway policewoman Lilian Gale – including her fatal accident at work in…
We’re delighted to have received this timely guest post from long-time project friend and support Steve Jackson. It’s timely because, as Steve notes, it meshes…
One of the many advantages of our data is that it allows us to look at trends and different types of accidents over time. In…
Disability features in our project heavily. Mostly frequently it’s cases where accidents have caused disability (see here for some cases we’ve featured in the past).…
We’re pleased to be able to feature another guest contribution, from family historian Enid Rispin looking back at the railway ancestors in her family –…