This post is one of a series exploring how the same source might be approached in different ways by different types of researcher, so we…
by Stephen Foster You can download the story here as a PDF. Our particular thanks to Stephen for writing this and for allowing us…
This post is one of a series exploring how the same source might be approached in different ways by different types of researcher, so we…
This guest post breaks new ground for the project – by focusing on the experiences of railway staff, written in their own words. As he…
In this guest post, NRM project volunteer Arthur Moore returns to consider some of the cases he’s encountered when transcribing state accident investigations for the…
So far our project has focused on what we’d understand as ‘mainline’ railways. That’s been a product of the sources available to us. It means…
This week we’re taking a sneak preview at some of the data that will be coming into the project, hopefully later this year. It comes…
Some days on the railways were worse than others – in total, and for particular grades of workers. The 19th of January was one which…
This month we’ve already highlighted a a number of cases in which workers had 2 accidents (see here and here). Before the month is out,…
We’re delighted to have received this timely guest post from long-time project friend and support Steve Jackson. It’s timely because, as Steve notes, it meshes…