… and a case from our new data release, for good measure! As we start 2020 it seems like a good time to look…
How did railway employees learn their craft in the late 19th century and on into the 20th? For most grades it was by learning on…
As part of Explore your Archive week (see yesterday’s post here) we’re going to be bringing you a couple of cases taken from the Railway…
In this post, Kenneth G Williamson outlines the circumstances around the death of his Great Uncle in 1907. Whilst not strictly a worker accident –…
At the moment, Glasgow Queen St station is undergoing a major redevelopment, which has included exposing the Victorian glass frontage, concealed for the last 40…
Yesterday our project Twitter feed (@RWLDproject) tweeted a case in which a worker attempted to apply a vacuum brake with a coupling pole. This caused…
A short post this week, marking Easter, with the only case in our database with an Easter connection – however tenuous. Today it’s the case…
Network Rail’s recent promo video about the engineering works currently taking place this Christmas is a good reminder that there’s always something happening on our…
A guest post, by Arthur Moore, one of the project’s volunteers Having spent some time inputting Board of Trade accident reports on to…