EPISODE · Dec 6, 2025 · 12 MIN
Colin Haynes – Telling the stories behind the names
from Great Rail Tales · host Railway 200
A passion for history and his natural curiosity led Colin Haynes, Director of Environment, Health and Safety at Alstom, to research into the stories of the names on the war memorials at the Crewe works site. What started as a winter project has become much bigger, unearthing stories of Railway factory workers who gave their lives in both World Wars. People like Jeramiah Wilkinson who was one of the first railway worker casualties of the First World War. What started as a project at Crewe, now as part of the Railway 200 celebrations, Colin is expanding to the Derby works sites to uncover more lost stories, and in his own words give these men agency and make them more than just a name on a memorial.
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A passion for history and his natural curiosity led Colin Haynes, Director of Environment, Health and Safety at Alstom, to research into the stories of the names on the war memorials at the Crewe works site. What started as a winter project has become much bigger, unearthing stories of Railway factory workers who gave their lives in both World Wars. People like Jeramiah Wilkinson who was one of the first railway worker casualties of the First World War. What started as a project at Crewe, now as part of the Railway 200 celebrations, Colin is expanding to the Derby works sites to uncover more lost stories, and in his own words give these men agency and make them more than just a name on a memorial.
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