OldRailwayAccidents

Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project, on British & Irish railway staff accidents pre-1939. Tweets by Mike Esbester. @RWLDproject.bsky.social

[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project account!

Check our expanding database of British & Irish railway worker accidents, covering 1855-1939 - all free!

Currently over 117,000 cases, with more to come.

https://t.co/tjGZIatfGh

[Stephen Menzies ACIRO @stephen37292ML]

The central belt is fairly getting rattled with this storm.
Some scary gusts throughout the night and this morning.
No it’s not the Forth & Clyde canal this is the Argyle line under water at Dalmarnock
Credit NR/X

[Joe Brown @JoeBrownLondon]

#OnThisDay 66 years ago the 1,387yds long Severn Bridge was partially demolished by two out of control tanker barges, ironically while works were ongoing to strengthen it to carry heavier locos. Sadly five lives were lost. Image of the aftermath from here: https://t.co/rxPS2xWTu2

[Kieran - North East Heritage Library @neheritagelib]

Very very sad to hear North Tyneside Council are looking to demolish this on the grounds of safety.

Over the past 40 years we’ve gone from hundreds of these to a handful. To see this gone brings back the same emotions as the Dorman Long tower on Teesside.

@KiMcGuinness

[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

@ChrisCo49821424 @Watercress_Line Looks pretty damp, Chris! And is that the extended platform complete I can see?

[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

Commuters want Severn Valley steam train trial to continue - BBC News https://t.co/9ZvvSomdQj

[UCU @ucu]

Bell is getting extreme levels of abuse this morning, simply for raising concern about this event, and flagging that no lessons have been learned about the treatment of Professor Jason Arday.

Solidarity to Bell, solidarity to Jason’s family, and solidarity to every Black academic and student forced to endure this culture of racism - both online and in our institutions.

[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

@stevenhenman Ah! Only ever managed to get there when it's been closed 😬😞

Looks like it'd repay a visit when open!

[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

Signalman retires after 38 years controlling unique rail bridge - BBC News https://t.co/FQGZyy6sqv

[RMT @RMTunion]

AI and new technology should make railway workers' lives better.
Not make their jobs disappear.
We're not against progress.
We're against workers paying the price for it.

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

AI companies creating AI agents then claiming these agents are going “rogue” is a WILD dodge of accountability. YOU BUILT THEM. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.

[Chris Cornell @ChrisCo49821424]

Great evening with my brother Kevin remembering our grandfather, celebrating Black History Month at Portsmouth & Southsea with @HampshireCRP and @RWLDproject

[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

@ChrisCo49821424 @HampshireCRP Thanks Chris, and to Kevin - so brilliant you could do this and share your Grandfather's story! And it was really lovely that there was someone else attending who remembered Charlie 😃

And thanks to @HampshireCRP for hosting the #BlackHistoryMonth event - it was a great evening!

[Society of Genealogists @SocGenealogists]

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Did your ancestors really stay put? Between 1500 and 1780, people moved for work, trade, faith & opportunity.
Join historian Joe Saunders for our 3-week online course, Migration & Early Modern England.
27 Oct, 3 & 10 Nov | 2pm
Book: https://t.co/eZgRDqWfI5

[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

Looking forward to this - tonight!

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[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

🚨 NEXT WEEK🚨

Pleased to be supporting @HampshireCRP's #BlackHistoryMonth event at #Portsmouth & #Southsea station on 23 October!

6-8pm - plenty going on, including @ChrisCo49821424 talking about his grandfather, Charlie!

Free; register here:
https://t.co/bc2ivoszn1

[Tom Canham 🏳️‍🌈 @tcanham459]

I worry this is just a back handed way to defund arts and humanities course.

[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

Interesting story about workplace dangers in the shipping industry.

'Unsinkable' man's watch offers rare insight into four ship tragedies - BBC News https://t.co/NaUxtq2LkF

[Chris Smyth @Smyth_Chris]

Scale of job losses in universities would be seen as a national crisis in manufacturing. Or any other strategically vital industry

[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

🚨 Watch out!🚨

The blog's about to get busy ...

In preparation for the opening (next week!) of our Railway Work, Life & Death project exhibition at the @MRCWarwick, over the coming days we're going to be posting lots of life stories to the project blog!

@RMTunion

[ASLEF @ASLEFunion]

…this is a bus.