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Thread Author: Duncan Replies: 6

 Steam Trains - Mostly - Zero
>> In a moment of boredom during lockdown I took to reading about Victorian railway disasters.

Quintishill? I'll wager.

>> Was suprised how many and how catastrophic they were. One occurred locally a couple of
>> miles outside Norwich at a place called Whitlingham Junction killing around 20 passengers . I
>> often walk the nearby marshes. The cause was signalling error on a stretch of single
>> line resulting in a head on collision

This is a goldmine of info

www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventlisting.php

Basically, if you live near a railway you'll find an accident near to you/

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