Narrating the lives and losses of young railway workers Ahead of this week’s Crewe: Your Railway, Your Family event, on Thursday 14 September as part…
This was the pronouncement from the South Western Star newspaper, on the death of London and South Western Railway (LSWR) gas fitter Ernest Browning.[1] Browning…
On the bookshelves of many in the rail industry and many more rail enthusiasts, you’ll probably find a copy of Tom Rolt’s Red for Danger.…
It’s not often that the kinds of accidents which feature in the Railway Work, Life & Death project and its database were described as a…
Holidays were odd times for the railways. Many services – particularly goods – kept moving, so at least some staff were still at work. Yet…
We’ve posted about accidents to women railway workers before (see here and here). Each time we’ve noted that there are relatively women in our data…
March is Women’s History Month, and once again is a good opportunity for our project to reflect on where women appear in our work. This…
Whilst 29 February is a ‘rare’ date, sadly accidents to railway workers on past leap days weren’t rare. As we discussed in our previous blog…
A leap year and a leap day are always a bit unusual. Sadly for the railways they weren’t so unusual in terms of the accidents…
This week the RMT Union held its annual health and safety advisory conference in York. Focused on improving health and safety for those in all…