We might tend to question the extent to which many of the working classes – for it is the working classes who are largely the…
In this guest post, NRM project volunteer Arthur Moore returns to consider some of the cases he’s encountered when transcribing state accident investigations for the…
In her research, Sandra Gittins has already turned up a couple of cases of accidents to railway staff serving overseas during World War One –…
In today’s post, project volunteer and by-now regular blogger Philip James has a look at a number of accidents reported in a single issue of…
Our project is documenting the many risks incidental to railway working – including at times animal dangers. We’ll be coming back to the more usual…
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…
This week we’re taking a sneak preview at some of the data that will be coming into the project, hopefully later this year. It comes…
As guest author Alexandra Foulds notes, this post came about by a chance connection on Twitter – fortunately, though the subject matter is, perhaps needless…
On 5 June 1914 Midland Railway fireman Iestyn Newman Nash, 27, was working his turn at Brynamman, Carmarthenshire. Moving some coaches to prepare his train,…
Some days on the railways were worse than others – in total, and for particular grades of workers. The 19th of January was one which…