On 10 November 1840, a steam locomotive named ‘Surprise’ exploded in Bromsgrove. It killed its crew, Joseph Rutherford and Thomas Scaife. The incident might perhaps…
We know from the Railway Work, Life & Death project database that, on 11 November 1932, Southern Railway checker G Richardson was injured at Havant…
By now, hopefully you’ll be aware of ‘Railway 200’ – a partnership campaign marking 200 years of railway travel since the Stockton & Darlington Railway…
2024 marks the 50th anniversary of three organisations important to the Railway Work, Life & Death project. The Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS), Leicestershire & Rutland…
Over the course of our project work, we’ve done a lot. However, that’s only scratched the surface of the broad topic of railway worker accidents.…
Six months ago, we added an extra 17,000 records to our project database. Since then we’ve been promoting the database and trying to ensure people…
Hard as we find it to believe, it’s nearly three months since we released the new project data. We’ve been promoting it wherever we can,…
Some months ago I was sent an intriguing image by Robert Kitching of the Bowes Railway (whose guest post will be appearing soon!). The image…
In this guest post Norman Gamble, the Archivist of the Irish Railway Record Society (IRRS), introduces the Society and its archives – including the great…
What questions should the project be asking? What sources should we be bringing into it? How would you want to get involved? What research would…