People are absolutely central to our project. Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, we’re able to get at the individuals behind the big…
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…
In the course of the project work, our volunteers have found a huge range of stories that feed into our database. Some are quirky, many…
Building a railway line was always a challenge – but at least in the early railway era, when Britain was relatively less urbanised, it was…
28 March was originally planned to host Dorset History Day – though obviously that’s now been postponed due to Coronavirus. However, as we’d written this…
Just over a month ago, we released our third dataset – the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (ASRS) legal book, covering 1901-1905. It contains over…
We’re delighted to feature this guest post, from Rebecca Wynter, one of the team working on the excellent ‘Forged by Fire’ project, looking at burns…
From Tralee and Belfast to Inverness, and Wrexham to Ashford and Penzance, our newest data release shows the impact of staff railway accidents in the…
UPDATED 17/12/2019 – The Transcription Tuesday data is now available! Find out more here. For Transcription Tuesday, taking place on 5 February, we’re…
UPDATED 17/12/2019 – The Transcription Tuesday data is now available! Find out more here. Ahead of tomorrow’s Transcription Tuesday, which we hope you’ll join in…