>> 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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