Last year we blogged about some of the railway staff who were injured at work and then went on to fight and die in the…
In this guest post, former railway worker and now family historian Martin O’Donnell looks at one surprising accident he found in his family past. It…
One of the virtues of our database is that we can cross-reference cases. By doing so, we’ve identified a number of instances in which a…
Most of the cases in our database are fairly standard – certainly in terms of being above ground and referring to ‘standard gauge’ track (the…
Over the last 4 years a great deal of attention has been focused on the First World War and its devastating and wide-ranging impacts. We’ve…
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…
It’s all very well being aware there are institutions known as archives, which collect together, preserve and make available records from our past. Another piece…
As well as this being ‘Explore your Archive’ week (see yesterday’s post here), it’s also Road Safety Week, run by the charity Brake. Road accidents…
This is our last post for Explore your Archive week (see the previous post here) – next week we’ll be returning to our usual weekly…