In previous posts we’ve extolled the virtues of our database as a means of making connections between accidents, whether by location, company, grade of employee,…
So far we’ve largely confined ourselves to the cases found in our database, to give you more detail on a small – but increasing –…
There are many cases in our database in which we see similar circumstances – and often similar outcomes: track workers hit by trains, shunters crushed…
In a previous post, we focused on labourer Joseph Brown of the Great Eastern Railway, one of a select few – 15 – who feature…
Yesterday our project Twitter feed (@RWLDproject) tweeted a case in which a worker attempted to apply a vacuum brake with a coupling pole. This caused…
The accidents and reports from which our database draws reveal much about all sorts of aspects of British and Irish society around the time of…
How far could workers control their own fates? In the 19th century and well into the 20th it was believed by many – certainly the…
28 April is Workers’ Memorial Day – an important occasion for us to stop and think about all those who have died, been injured or…
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…
What place did the horse have in the steam railway? Perhaps surprisingly, a big one. Horses were essential for shunting wagons in yards and for…