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…
Last week I attended an interesting workshop at the University of Reading, looking at the history of freight transport. It touched upon all modes of…