It’s not often there’s the chance to tell the story of an ordinary railway worker’s accident on a national platform. James Welland’s 1898 injury offered…
Next week we’re heading north – sufficiently so that there aren’t any railways that feature in the project. We’re off to Shetland and Orkney, off…
June 2024 saw the 40th anniversary of the closure of Shildon Works, in County Durham. The closure, in 1984, hit Shildon hard, with the loss…
Earlier this month, Darlington’s railway museum opened in its revamped and reimagined format: Hopetown. Previously known as Head of Steam, it occupies the site of…
In the UK, the heritage railway sector is an important contributor to public engagement with the past. We benefit from widespread public interest in the…
We’re delighted to welcome back the team from Head of Steam – Darlington Railway Museum, with more from their ‘On Track for Change’ exhibition. This…
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…