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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Full-on analogue exhibition planning at Railway Work, Life & Death project base ... Destination: @mrcwarwick.bsky.social - coming soon! #RailwayHistory

Graph paper, scissors, and ruler, on a spotty table cloth.

Paper, graph paper, ruler, scissors, laptop and hard-drive on a spotty table cloth.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Looking forward to speaking to day 2 of the Railway Mission conference, tomorrow. We'll cover the Railway Work, Life & Death project, how we've already collaborated with the Railway Mission, & how the project might support the Mission's valuable work! #RailwayFamily #RailwayHistory

Opening slide for presentation, titled 'The power of the past: bringing communities together by remembering historic railway worker accidents'. Shows a photograph of a crowd of people on Wilmcote station platform in Warwickshire, with a QR code taking people to the Railway Work, Life & Death project website, contact details for the project, plus institutional logos for the University of Portsmouth, Modern Records Centre and National Railway Museum.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking forward to this afternoon's meeting, with colleagues at the Railway Work, Life & Death project's partner institution, the @mrcwarwick.bsky.social. We're planning a project exhibition later this year, drawing on records of the ASRS/NUR Union (now @rmtunion.bsky.social) - watch this space!

Charity flag, sold by the NUR, to raise money for its orphans fund. Rusty metal pin, with white paper flag. Front shows a green steam engine, with 'Railway orphans' in red written around it.

Charity flag, sold by the NUR, to raise money for its orphans fund. Rusty metal pin, with white paper flag. Rear shows red text, reading 'National Union of Railwaymen. 2253 children supported in 1916. Annual cost £12,739. 1s. 9d.'

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨THIS SATURDAY!🚨 Our Naval City Festival #Portsmouth Dockyard, 10am on A great programme, including talks from 10 friends & colleagues from @UoP_History & beyond - plus 3 of our undergrad #History students! Talks on the dockyard & women, conservation, & links to the city!

Flyer for 'Our Naval City' event, with advertising/ promo details, and timings (Saturday 3 October, 10am-9pm, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard), around dockyard graphics.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨TODAY!🚨 Come & find out more about railway life in Crewe in the past! Discover what @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social & our project are doing with Crewe Works accident registers from c.1917-33. Current & former Crewe Works staff particularly welcome! 👇

Image advertising 'Railway workers day' on Thursday 24 September 2026, between 11am and 3pm at the Family History Society of Cheshire's Crewe Research Centre.

Tea, coffee and cake are available at the free drop-in event, which will share some of Crewe's railway heritage, focusing on the railway Works, and allow people the chance to share their stories.

Behind the text is an image of railwaymen gathered around a steam engine at the Crewe railway works.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚨TOMORROW!🚨 Come along & find out more about railway life in Crewe in the past! Discover what @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social & our project are doing with Crewe Works accident registers from c.1917-33. Current & former Crewe Works staff particularly welcome! 👇

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1926, 5 LNER bridge painters were hit by a train & killed near #Hucknall, #Nottinghamshire. #RailwayHistory Richard Eddacott Bertie Scotney Thomas Rossiter Clifford Herring Cyril Hinsley They are remembered. Find out more: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/my-god-come-...

Posed photograph, showing a railway worker stepping out of the way of one train, into the path of another approaching from behind. The title reads 'Into the jaws of death.'

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1926, at this time, 5 LNER bridge painters were hit by a train & killed near #Hucknall, #Nottinghamshire. #RailwayHistory Richard Eddacott Bertie Scotney Thomas Rossiter Clifford Herring Cyril Hinsley They are remembered. Find out more: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/my-god-come-...

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you go down to #Stoke today ... HEAD TO THE STATION! The brilliant 'Tracks Through Time' exhibition is on display for Heritage Open Days. Produced by New Vic Borderlines, with input from Foxfield Railway & us, it explores #RailwayHistory, including staff stories from the Stoke-on-Trent area!

Man in an old-fashioned railway uniform, stood by a display stand, with a tiled floor and a station window beyond. The display details the North Staffordshire Railway and the Foxfield Railway.

21 posters on display on a wall, each one with a red border, logos at the foot, an image and text, talking about railway workers.

Looking out of a station waiting room window, towards the Stoke station, with brick-built building behind. On the window sill are three plaques detailing railway history.

Looking out of a station waiting room window, towards the Stoke station, with brick-built building behind. On the window sill are four plaques detailing railway history.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A day of history fun - naval & more! Come & hear some of my brilliant students & friends from the @uophistory.bsky.social team (& beyond!) share some of their research, as part of #Portsmouth100! Saturday 3 October, 10am on #Portsmouth Historic Dockyard portsmouthhq.org/events/our-n...

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sorry - but that's not what she means, is it? She means: let the RUSSELL GROUP charge more. Because, sad as it might be to the Russell Group (a self-appointed, self-selected 'exclusive' group which happened to form by meeting in the Russell Hotel), Russell Group DOES NOT equal top!

Picture of a woman with glasses standing in a library, with the title of The Times newspaper article 'Let top universities charge more, says head of Russell Group'

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚨ONE WEEK TODAY!🚨 Come along & find out more about railway life in Crewe in the past! Discover what @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social & our project are doing with Crewe Works accident registers from c.1917-33. Current & former Crewe Works staff particularly welcome! 👇

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1937, Southern Railway track worker Arthur Watts was struck by a train at Rowlands Castle, #Hampshire. #RailwayHistory Arthur is one of the people featured in our Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project - find out more about him here: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/portsmouth-a...

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🚨OPENS TOMORROW!🚨 Our 'South Coast's Forgotten Railway Workers' exhibition starts its run at #Emsworth Museum - free, & open on weekends till Sunday 18 October! Find out more about the people who kept the railways running, their work & wider lives. www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/finding-the-...

A-frame advertising board, with a sign for Emsworth Museum, and a poster advertising the 'South Coast's Forgotten Railway Workers' exhibition.

Exterior of Emsworth Museum - a two-storey brick-built building, with a blue sign over the door and another to the left of the entrance.

Four pull-up banners from the 'South coast's forgotten railway workers' exhibition, featuring text and images, installed in the exhibition room at Emsworth Museum.

Eight pull-up banners from the 'South coast's forgotten railway workers' exhibition, featuring text and images, installed in the exhibition room at Emsworth Museum. Exhibition and Railway Work, Life & Death project leaflets and further information sit on a display cabinet in the centre of the room.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨TWO WEEKS' TODAY!🚨 Come along to this event, & find out more about railway life in Crewe in the past! Discover what @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social & our project are doing with Crewe Works accident registers from c.1917-33. Current & former Crewe Works staff particularly welcome! 👇

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

NEW BLOG POST! We introduce the new Railway Work, Life & Death project collaboration with the Llangollen Railway - sharing past staff stories of the Railway in pre-preservation days! #Wales #RailwayHistory #Heritage www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/sharing-staf... Images courtesy Peter Dickinson

Black and white photograph, showing a railway passenger station on a curve, with two tracks between two platforms, and small waiting rooms on each. A passenger train faces away from the photographer, with people moving on the wet platform. A gang of track workers is at work on the other line. To the side of the image the river Dee rushes past; in the distance a wooded hillside rises high above the scene.

One side of a DL-size leaflet, showing the front and rear covers, and first staff story. The front cover includes the logos of the Llangollen and Corwen Railway, University of Portsmouth, Modern Records Centre and National Railway Museum, with the title 'Staff and work on the Llangollen and Corwen Railway before 1939', and a photograph of Llangollen station c.1900.

A wooden Great Western Railway style advertising display board, painted black with a white rim and letter 'GWR' to the top. It holds a number of leaflet containers, including one which has the project leaflet in it.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Heading up Yr Wyddfa (#Snowdon) today! Hoping for less of this though ... 😱 #Wales If you're after some Welsh #RailwayHistory content from the Railway Work, Life & Death project, have a look at these: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/wales/

Close up of a coloured photographic postcard, showing the Snowdon mountain railway and a derailed train in the middle distance. Green and stony slopes to the foreground, ridgeline behind. A worker stands beside the track to the fore.

Coloured photographic postcard of the Snowdon mountain railway, looking down the line towards a passing loop, at which a train has derailed. Mountain slopes away to either side; higher ridgeline in the distance beyond.

Reverse of postcard sent in 1906, with the message reading 'Just arrived at Llanberis. Left Portmadoc at 9.30, arrived here 12.35. Staying here until Monday, then to Bettws-y-Coed. Ride fairly good.'

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

NEW BLOG POST! Guest author Richard Newman, from the Brickworks Museum, looks at Bursledon's brickworks & its railway connection - including Albert Goddard's 1914 accident. #Hampshire Images courtesy Brickworks Museum www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/fatality-at-the-brickworks-26-february-1914

Aerial photograph, showing railway line to the bottom, with a siding branching off. In the centre of the image are an extensive set of industrial buildings, including three tall chimneys; further buildings and chimneys are seen in the distance. Woods surround the site, with clay pits in the distance.

A steam engine alongside a loading dock piled with bricks; a brick-built building sits behind the loading dock. In the distance a row of workers cottages.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Shared by a friend at work ... feeling seen personally and professionally! 😂

Two part image - above an American school bus stuck on a railroad crossing with a train approaching. The bus is labelled 'AI will replace everything'.

The image below shows the train pushing through the bus. The train is labelled 'That Excel file that Mike built in 2013'.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Our latest collaboration is public! From today, visitors to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway can pick up our leaflet, exploring some of the Island's past railway staff! They'll discover carriage cleaner Elsie Knapp, Yarmouth station master Robert White & more! #HeritageRailway #RailwayHistory

One side of a DL-format leaflet, titled 'Staff and work on the Isle of Wight's railways before 1939'. Front cover shows a sepia-toned photograph of Yarmouth station in around 1900, with two staff members and a boy and a dog on the platform, tracks to the fore and a small brick-built station building behind. Includes the logos of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, and Railway Work, Life & Death project collaborators, the University of Warwick, National Railway Museum and the University of Portsmouth. The remaining pages feature contact details for the Railway Work, Life & Death project, text introducing the project, and details of an accident to two men, E Bates and G Mitchell, in 1929 near Ashey. This includes a photograph showing a single track railway line passing through countryside.

Sepia-toned photograph, showing a basic single platform brick-built railway station, with a pair of points in the foreground for the passing loop. Take from track level, looking up at two men and a boy on the station platform, along with the dog. Enamel adverts are attached to the station walls and fencing. A telegraph pole, lamp and housing are also visible. Courtesy Isle of Wight Steam Railway Photographic Archive.

Comic postcard, showing a ramshackle steam train going slowly through countryside, with an overprinted title 'Our local express at Isle of Wight'.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Another nice thing from last week's @uophistory.bsky.social graduation - in the ceremony booklet, under the 'Faculty highlights' for the year, Railway Work, Life & Death project research was featured! More on work with the @railwaymuseum.bsky.social: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/delivering-t...

Graduation ceremony booklet, A5-size, glossy card cover in two-tone purple, with University of Portsmouth crest and ceremony details.

Open booklet, detailing highlights from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for 2025-26, showing text and images.

Focus on one section of text, reading 'Connecting people with the past. Researchers from the School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics and Literature contributed to celebrations marking the National Railway Museum's 50th anniversary.

Their research helped bring new perspectives to the story of railway workers and their experiences, demonstrating how humanities research can deepen understanding of the past while shaping how heritage is shared with future generations.

As we celebrate the achievements of our graduating class, these successes reflect a Faulty committed to helping students reach their potential and creating knowledge that makes a difference to the world.'

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🚨LOOK OUT WALES!🚨 Well - at least if you're visiting @llangollenrailway.bsky.social: you'll find our newest collaboration - a leaflet about staff on the #Llangollen & #Corwen Railway before 1939. Pick one up & find out more about fireman Edward Hughes, lad porter Jones & more!

Front cover of a leaflet, portrait orientation, DL size, titled 'Staff and work on the Llangollen & Corwen Railway before 1939', and featuring logos of the University of Warwick, University of Portsmouth, National Railway Museum and Llangollen & Corwen Railway. The background photograph shows a passenger train in Llangollen station in the early 1900s, with passengers getting on and off, and track workers on the line next to it.

Wooden railway noticeboard on a brick wall; white edges and 'GWR' to the top, posters and leaflets inside, including the newest Railway Work, Life & Death project collaborative leaflet, about staff on the Llangollen and Corwen Railway in Wales.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Heading over to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway to continue the latest Railway Work, Life & Death project collaboration. There'll be a bit of research, sharing the leaflet that's been produced with the Railway, and maybe a little steam if time allows. #RailwayHistory

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Checked in for this morning's flight ... to a mystery destination 🤔🧐

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

For anyone gearing up for the #Football but needing a #RailwayHistory fix, we've the perfect read! #WorldCup Railways and football have a long history - here's how it played out for some railway workers, during lunch breaks & beyond: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/football-and...

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

NEW BLOG POST! For the #WorldCup, we've looked at where #Football & #Railways come together in our project! Find out more about railway staff playing football at work (& beyond!), & the accidents that resulted: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/football-and...

Photograph of 11 men in football kit, with three officials stood with them, on a field in front of a rudimentary changing hut.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Not sure we fancy taking this corner at speed ... or at all! Quarry tram road, above Glyndyfrdwy, Denbighshire, #Wales, c.1884. Courtesy National Library of Scotland Maps.

Map showing a quarry railway, with sidings in the quarry and a line leading out, which then appears to make a right-angle turn!

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Looking forward to presenting at today's University of Portsmouth Humanities & Social Sciences/ Creative & Cultural Industries joint Research & Innovation conference! Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike will discuss how the project works with the current railway industry.

Title slide for a presentation, 'Remembering the bits we'd rather forget. Marking historic occupational harm in the British railway industry.' Shows contact details and a QR code for the Railway Work, Life & Death project, institutional logos for the University of Portsmouth, University of Warwick, National Railway Museum and RMT Union. Also features a 1909 postcard of a railway accident, showing the two men who died.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

#ICYMI - 🚨US Transport & Mobility Histories🚨 A new Journal of Transport History virtual collection, for #America250 - covering key articles & ideas in the USA's #TransportHistory & #MobilityHistory. #IndependenceDay FREE access 4-18 July - spread the word: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

Cover of the Journal of Transport History. A dark blue background, white sans-serif text, with 10 small images of various forms of transport & mobility – an airship, a bridge, a compass, a shoe, a propeller aeroplane, an early pneumatic tyre, bicycle gears, a steam locomotive boiler, a tunnel and a late pneumatic tyre.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🚨US Transport & Mobility Histories🚨 A new Journal of Transport History virtual collection, for #America250 - covering key articles & ideas in the USA's #TransportHistory & #MobilityHistory. #IndependenceDay FREE access 4-18 July - spread the word: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🚨New journeys through #RailwayHistory🚨 Pleased to have co-written the Editorial introducing the current issue of the Journal of Transport History. That includes considering where academic research fits in public railway history via #Railway200. Free from: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Welsh speakers - a favour! We'd love to know what this card says: can any of you help, please? You've been super helpful in the past, so we're hopeful: thanks in advance! This was the 1903 Stanway viaduct collapse on what's now the #Gloucestershire #Warwickshire Steam #Railway. #RailwayHistory

Real photographic postcard, showing a partially-built viaduct in a state of collapse, with the titles above and below reading 'Stanway viaduct disaster' and 'first arch to fall'. Around the image is handwriting, some in English, but most in Welsh.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

🚨IT'S BACK!🚨 Following last year's success, join us on a FREE walking tour exploring Didcot Railway Centre's historic staff, via their accidents. Meet at the engine shed on Sunday 5 July, 11.00 or 14.00. Hear about fitter Frank Coxon, carriage cleaner Mabel Elliot, driver Ernest Edmonds & more!

One side of a tri-fold leaflet, showing front and rear covers, plus inside page, with details of Railway Work, Life & Death project, and its research into railway workers & their accidents at Didcot in the pre-preservation era.

Group of people in front of railway coaling stage and water tank, listening to a man in red shirt and blue jeans.

Man in red shirt and blue jeans talking to group of people outside an engine shed; behind him are steam engines.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

When we were last in the area, we headed out to #Tynemouth, taking with us a c.1906 postcard, showing railway orphans supported by the ASRS union (now @rmtunion.bsky.social) Percy Main branch. Great to be able to marry up the postcard with the location where it was taken, nearly 120 years before.

1906 postcard showing 9 children and 1 man sat in front of flowers between stairs at Tynemouth station, being held in front of those stairs in 2024.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This week is #RailSafetyWeek - an important time to reflect on where the rail industry is now, & where it's come from. The Railway Work, Life & Death project, on accidents to pre-1939 British & Irish railway staff, helps with that. www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk #RSW26

Infographic showing the number of workers killed and injured on Britain and Ireland's railways and whose accidents were investigated, between 1911 and 1915. This was the first run of data we produced, of around 4000 cases, now hugely expanded. Black figures represent the 777 fatalities; red figures the 3152 injuries.

Posed 1930s accident prevention image, showing a railway worker moving out of the way of one train, but into the path of another, approaching from behind him.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

For any #FamilyHistory folk here for #GenHour - looking for descendants/ family of #WW1 #Portsmouth railwaywomen seen in this rather lovely image! Fitting in the #Portsmouth100 year. Any help greatly appreciated: thanks in advance! There's more here: www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

Photographic postcard, showing a group of 15 railwaywomen arranged around 2 railwaymen in the centre. In the front row two women sit either side of the men; behind them 11 women stand. All are in uniform; the women are carriage cleaners, and have 'SW & SCR' stitched in. Several of the women smile; at least 2 have what appear to be National Union of Railwaymen lapel badges; most are young, several are somewhat older. They are arranged in front of a brick-built goods shed, with two sliding wooden doors closed.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Putting this out for any #FamilyHistory folk here for #AncestryHour. Looking for descendants/ family of #WW1 #Portsmouth railwaywomen seen in this rather lovely image - any help much appreciated: thanks in advance! A small nod to #Portsmouth100. There's more here: www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🚨CAN YOU HELP?🚨 Who were #Portsmouth's First World War railwaywomen? With the support of @networkrail.bsky.social, @southwestern.bsky.social & the @rmtunion.bsky.social, we're trying to find out more - especially during #Portsmouth100. Read more: www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Since then we've been working with Hills to Harbour CRP, as part of our Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project. #CommunityRailWeek We've shared posters about the lives of railway staff at #Havant & #Petersfield stations. More on the project: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/portsmouth-a...

Photograph of a poster in a frame at Petersfield station, titled 'William Howard's Buriton Tunnel accident', on a waiting room wall, with a window beyond. Through the window platform, tracks and train can be seen.

Three posters in frames, each with a title, text and image, plus QR code and logos. Detailing accidents to railway workers Joseph Pratt and John Hooker at Havant station in Hampshire.

Eight posters, laid out 2 by 4 on a table, detailing some of the railway workers researched as part of the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project. Each features an image relating to the worker and text detailing their story, with a QR code to allow people to find a more detailed account.

Three posters in frames on a station ticket office wall. One is a general introduction; the others detail the life stories of Walter Bridger and Joseph Simmons, including posed staff safety photographs, text and QR codes in a red border, with logos of the University of Portsmouth Centre of Excellence for Heritage Innovation, Hills to Harbour CRP and Railway 200.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Even better - we've recently worked with the Watercress Line on some of its staff stories: you can 'double-up' & read about them at Ropley, too! It might be Ruby Whitwick, the Southern Railway's 1st signalwoman; number-taker Arthur Gates; or John Windebank, creator of Ropley's topiary!

Ropley station - above there is a pensive sky, with blue and clouds swirled together. A green station name board is to the left, on the far platform as we look along the tracks towards Alton. On our platform the signalbox is hidden behind a topiary bush.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Delighted to have the 'South Coast's Forgotten Railway Workers' exhibition back at the Watercress Line heritage railway for the summer! Find it at Ropley, in the viewing gallery/ education space. Thanks to Dan & the Watercress Line team for hosting us! #Hampshire #RailwayHistory #Heritage

Room with a roof light, containing 5 pull-up banners, part of the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts exhibition. The banners feature text and images, and logos of those involved. On the walls are enamel signs.

Three pull-up banners from the exhibition, on display in a room, surrounded by railway artefacts.

A display case containing leaflets about the South Coast's Forgotten Railway Workers exhibition, and the Railway Work, Life & Death project. Nearby on the table are an information sheet and feedback forms. Nearby sits a hand lamp and an oil can.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

😬😱 As in this (posed) c.1933 image from the National Railway Museum collections ...

Posed photograph showing a railwayman going between wagons and in danger of being crushed if they should accidentally be moved together. From the National Railway Museum collections.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Particularly glad to talk to Berwyn Station Master Peter, about the work he was doing on the station underpass, to uncover names & messages written on the walls over the years, incl men going to fight in #WW1. So pleased to hear they're researching them & will be including interpretation.

Black and white half-timbered station building and single track line with diesel multiple unit at platform, overlooking river far below, with green trees around, blue sky above and mountains in the distance.

Berwyn Station Master Peter standing in a small pedestrian underpass, underneath the railway line, with cloth and bucket of water. Foliage surrounds.

Glazed bricks, dirty, with trial cleanings, showing pencil messages written over the years.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Had a lovely jaunt on the Llangollen Railway yesterday - plenty to keep all interested across a 60+ yr age range! Been a long time since last on it, so it was good to see the new station at Corwen - hats off to all involved! Thanks also to Bob Gwynne for the tips!

Llangollen station in the evening, with a hazy sun high above mountains in the distance. Carriages sit at one platform, under the covered footbridge. Signals sit close to the photographer, with trees alongside.

Stone-built station building with wood and slate roof and central chimney stack, with platform sign reading Carrog and benches on the platform. Blue skies and trees frame.

Newly built island station with canopy, with diesel multiple unit waiting to depart, under blue sky.

Stone built station building, platform and name board for Glyndyfrdwy station. Blue sky and mountains covered in green trees in the distance.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We're in #Wales at the moment, on holiday via another, rather slower, mode of transport - canal! But there's plenty of Welsh railway interest in the project - we've over 30,000 cases in the database, & plenty of blog posts exploring a few of them: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/tag/wales/

Photographic postcard showing the scene of the Abermule crash - the remains of a steam engine point upwards, with the wreckage of carriages around. Fields and hills in the background.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

In #Wales at the moment, so a good time to share this - a Railway challenge & a Welsh challenge! Please can any #Railway types identify the location? And/or incident? And please can anyone with Welsh language skills help with translating the message? Thank you/ Diolch!

Group of 4 railway workers standing to the front of the image around some wreckage of what looks like a goods wagon being lifted by a crane. The men wear wet weather gear. Three other men stand to the rear.

Rear of a postcard, with a message in Welsh, sent to Anglesey.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

NEW BLOG POST! We explore our most recent #Heritage #Railway collaboration - with the Watercress Line! From what we've been doing together to the value the Railway Work, Life & Death project brings heritage organisations, read more here: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/working-with...

Poster in a green frame, with a 1944 image of railway staff at Alresford station on what is now the Watercress Line, and some explanation about the display.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Currently on the Montgomery Canal in #Wales, which went through #Abermule - site of the tragic 1921 head-on railway crash. Read more about what the Railway Work, Life & Death project can add to understanding of the crash, via the staff involved: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/railway-staf...

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

#OnThisDay 1915 the #Quintinshill disaster killed 226. In this blog @uophistory.bsky.social student George Robinson looks at James Hannah, fireman of 1 of the trains involved. He appears in our database as he belonged to @rmtunion.bsky.social. www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/the-quintins...

Postcard of the Quintinshill disaster, showing the remains of one steam engine amongst the wreckage. Four people watch the wreckage being cleared.

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