Last week we released our new dataset – 25,000 records of support offered by the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (ASRS)/ National Union of Railwaymen…
We’re pleased to be able to feature another guest post, from another person the project has been able to help. John contacted us via our…
We’re thrilled to release a new data set for you: details of Great Eastern Railway (GER) staff who had been injured at work and applied…
In the early 1890s a public scandal arose over the hours some railway employees worked. We might conclude that the press and MPs who took…
It seems every aspect of railway working was (is?) full of arcane practices. Shunting – moving wagons and carriages around to get them into the…
Two weeks’ ago we looked at accidents to carriage and wagon staff who were keeping the railway network’s on-train toilets stocked. Provision was clearly made…
Last year we blogged about some of the railway staff who were injured at work and then went on to fight and die in the…
In past blog posts we’ve discussed some of the cases of workers known to have had more than one accident – a theme to which…
Have you been delving deep into the project database, following us on Twitter (@RWLDproject) or keeping a close eye on the ‘On this day’ Twitter…
In a previous post, we focused on labourer Joseph Brown of the Great Eastern Railway, one of a select few – 15 – who feature…