Looking for more volunteers (by the Archivist)
Following the success of our previous appeal for document uploaders, we are now looking for extra helpers to reduce our document backlog. If you have a few hours a month to spare, an internet...
View ArticleNew - accident image galleries (by the Archivist)
We have made some changes to the way that accident images are stored, to allow multiple images to be attached. For instance have a look at our record for the Moor Street derailment of 2008. We will be...
View ArticleRAIB and Wikipedia links added (by the Archivist)
We have just made a change to the presentation of our accident records, to show links to two external websites. The first is for new accident alerts - we have now added links to the Rail Accident...
View ArticleWelcome a new Admin (by the Archivist)
A new admin has made his debut - Derek Deacon is now uploading his first reports. Welcome to the fold Derek and thanks for giving up your time!
View ArticleNewsreel footage added (by the Archivist)
We have now made the final addition to our accident summaries for the time being - embedded newsreel footage. For instance, the Harrow and Wealdstone Accident now has a Movietone news report from the...
View ArticleSite glitches - sorry (by the Archivist)
It looks like we had some glitches over the last few days, sorry. Our web host rolled over to a new version of the software which underpins the site, and some functions which we were using no longer...
View ArticleAn Act of Kindness from Colin Marsden (by the Archivist)
A chance encounter with Colin Marsden's book 'Rail Mishaps' last month led me to send a speculative email to Colin. The result is that Colin has kindly agreed to allow us to use high-res copies of his...
View ArticleAn Act of Kindness from Colin Marsden (by the Archivist)
A chance encounter with Colin Marsden's book Rail Mishaps last month led me to send a speculative email to Colin. The result is that Colin has kindly agreed to allow us to use high-res copies of his...
View ArticleAn Act of Kindness from Colin Marsden (by the Archivist)
A chance encounter with Colin Marsdens book Rail Mishaps last month led me to send a speculative email to Colin. The result is that Colin has kindly agreed to allow us to use high-res copies of his...
View ArticleNews accident reports found (by the Archivist)
Well done to Barry Turvin, who has found another Board of Trade accident volume on Google Books. This is no mean feat given Google Books inexplicably bad search tools. This means we have a further 83...
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