In this week’s blog post, guest author Daisy Turnbull looks at some of the challenges involved in crossing railway lines in the past. As she…
On 4 March 2024, a passenger train struck an object on the tracks at Walton-on-Thames. Part of the train derailed, though thankfully no-one was hurt.…
In three weeks’ time, on 27 March 2023, we’ll be releasing another update to our database of accidents to British and Irish railway staff before…
In a week’s time, on Christmas Day, the UK’s rail network will be a lot quieter than usual. There won’t be any passenger services running.…
To conclude our posts for Disability History Month, this week we’re focusing on what one of the datasets in our trade union data release can…
This week’s blog post looks at where disability appears in our project database for Welsh railway workers. It’s one of our posts marking Disability History…
Continuing our Disability History Month blog posts, today we’re exploring one of the new runs of data from our trade union data release earlier this…
At the moment, there’s a really interesting event going on – called ‘All About That Place.’ It marks the 10th anniversary of the Society for…
This year, the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick (MRC) celebrates its 50th anniversary. Established in 1973, it has specialised in records of…
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…