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…
On 14 October 2022, King’s Cross station in London will be 170 years old. To mark this anniversary, this week’s blog post looks at accidents…
Recently it was announced that the site of the Edge Hill engine station in Liverpool has been given listed status. This is to mark the…
In today’s post, project volunteer and regular blog contributor Philip James looks at the (infamous?) Woodhead route, including the tunnels. He draws on an accident…
Building a railway line was always a challenge – but at least in the early railway era, when Britain was relatively less urbanised, it was…