Yesterday we discussed the institutional responses to the Stapleton Road accident; from this point onwards, we look more at the personal impacts, on the men…
Yesterday we started introducing the men involved in the Stapleton Road accident. Today we focus on just one man, for whom we have more information:…
Yesterday’s blog post looked at what happened in the 1921 Stapleton Road accident on the Great Western Railway (GWR). Today we turn to the institutional…
Whilst blog posts have largely reflected our project sources and focus, and looked at mainline railways in the UK and Ireland, this doesn’t capture all…
We’re delighted to feature this blog post from a team at the Head of Steam – Darlington Railway Museum. It focuses on a topic of…
This guest blog post, from Pauline Figliolini, came about after Pauline had found the project and enquired about early staff accident records. Sadly we didn’t…
In this week’s post, returning guest author Gordon Dudman reflects upon the start of his railway career – a formative influence, but one which had…
This week we have another guest post from Philip James, part of the NRM team and our most prolific blog contributor – read his other…
We’re pleased to be able to feature another guest post, from another person the project has been able to help. John contacted us via our…
People are central to our project in so many ways. Obviously the railway staff who had the accidents, details of which we’re making more easily…