Some days on the railways were worse than others – in total, and for particular grades of workers. The 19th of January was one which…
In this post, guest author Mark Rothwell looks at the service of GWR railway policewoman Lilian Gale – including her fatal accident at work in…
In the past we’ve blogged about individuals appearing in our records but who weren’t employees of railway companies – detailed here, with an overview here.…
People are absolutely central to our project. Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, we’re able to get at the individuals behind the big…
Our project has focused on accidents to railway workers, rather than passengers, as numerically far more workers were killed or injured on the railways and…
In a timely guest post, Sandra Gittins draws on some of her research into railway workers on the Western Front of the First World War…
Previous blog posts have already discussed the 2 project extensions in place at the National Railway Museum, here and here. But that’s not all we’ve…
We’ve blogged about the dangers of the permanent way before now, including one post about a particularly bad day in 1911. Sadly we have to…
As is probably well known, the birth of the modern mainline railway system was greeted with excitement and fear. The passenger crashes that followed were…
One of the important things that our database makes it easier for us to see is how often similar cases occur: whether it be the…