180 years ago the Grand Junction Railway moved its major locomotive construction workshops to Crewe, in Cheshire. Whilst the town of Crewe had been growing…
On 1 January 1923 a new era of British railway history began. Following state direction of the industry during and after the First World…
In our last post, we used our database of accidents to British and Irish railway staff to look at a few cases occurring immediately around…
Continuing our look at both disability in railway service and our forthcoming new dataset, this week our blog focuses on a case in which sight…
This guest post comes from Arthur Moore, one of our longest-serving volunteers, based with the NRM team. Arthur has a lot to answer for, having…
In this guest post marking the start of Women’s History Month, Dr Susan Major – another of us with a connection to York – explores…