It seems every aspect of railway working was (is?) full of arcane practices. Shunting – moving wagons and carriages around to get them into the…
In the course of her research into the military railway aspects of the First World War, Sandra Gittins has already found a number of accidents…
Today we are fortunate in that the idea of work-life balance exists – if only as an ideal, in many cases. People interested in understanding…
As travellers today (when we’re able to resume travelling) we may be less than enamoured of the toilets on trains – all too often cramped,…
In this week’s post, we welcome a contribution from Pete Coveney. He was put on to us by long-time project friend and support, genealogist Jackie…
In this post, those working with the volunteers at each of the project institutions reflect on the project so far, and in particular on what…
We’re delighted that this week’s post is from a guest author, Chris Abbott. We met at the Family Tree Live event last year and he’s…
In the final part of this run of blog posts, NRM volunteer Philip James puts into context one of the cases he found when transcribing…
In this guest post, National Railway Museum volunteer Philip James takes us back into an era outside project coverage, and to an accident not usually…
From time to time we’ve commented on the young age of some of the people encountered in our database – for example, the case of…