Day Of Disaster

On December 14th, 1982, a sleeper train derails after hitting a loose rail… Sources TringLocalHistory.org https://www.tringlocalhistory.org.uk/Railway/c08_construction_(II).htm Railways Archive https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=801 https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoT_Linslade1982.pdf Fenland on Film - Whitemoor, March (1951) - Freight Marshalling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alBR1DPoFC4 gettyimages https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/rail-crash-night-england-bedfordshire-north-of-leighton-news-footage/810235528 Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

On the 2nd of July 1928, a goods train derailed after passing the hamlet of Pinwherry, Scotland. Sources Railways Archive https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2053 https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Pinwherry1928.pdf BR Database https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&id=406012010&type=S&loco=17759 The Grivan & Portpatrick Junction Railway by C.E.J Fryer (Book) Trains In Trouble: Volume 8 by Alan Earnshaw (Book) Silhouette vector https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/84124-vector-men-silhouettes Music: Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

On the 26th of January 1800, the sloop HMS Brazen was lost in a fierce storm near the town of Newhaven. Short Film “Brazen Souls” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjgq8JFt70o Sources The Argus https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18220505.shipwreck-shook-newhaven/ National Coastwatch Institution https://www.nci.org.uk/stations/hms-brazen Three Decks https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=18551 https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3404 The Last Ships Of The Royal Navy 1793 - 1900 by W.P.Grsset Music: Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

Sources Railways Archive https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=1491 https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoT_WorcesterTunnel1976.pdf Railway Codes. org .uk http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/tunnels/tunnels3.shtm BR Database https://www.brdatabase.info/locomotives.php?loconum=d1055 https://www.brdatabase.info/locomotives.php?loconum=31241 Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway map image: By Afterbrunel - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63028217 Shrub Hill station image By Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12103020 Title Image Sources: itsallabouttheclag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDYd8i8F-Vk Music: Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

On the 5th of July 1923, an express collides with a goods train outside the village of Diggle. After a mixup over a flag. Sources Steam Railways.com http://www.table38.steamrailways.com/rail/Micklehurst/micklehurst.htm#Friezland Rail Archive https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=561 https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Diggle1923.pdf Disused Stations http://disused-stations.org.uk/d/diggle/index.shtml Saddleworth Historical Society https://www.saddleworth-historical-society.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/vol43no1-2.pdf

On the 12 of January 1899, a fast goods train plunges into the Irish Sea, just before the town of Penmaenmawr... Sources History Points https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=1899-train-accident-painting-penmaenbach North Whales Engineering Society https://www.nwmes.org.uk/penmaenbach-rail-disaster-1899/ National Library Of Whales https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4457749/4457754/43/LIVERPOOL Art Uk https://artuk.org/discover/artists/krause-franz-emile-herman-18361900 Anthony Dawson https://youtu.be/Pj8DscmlwXQ?si=l4bkR-vWJozvwF66 Trains In Trouble volume 2 by Arthur Trevena Pages 13 & 14 Music: Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

On the 17th of March 1848, Rainbow set sail on what would be her 5th voyage but disappeared while en route to China. Sources: Green-Wood https://www.green-wood.com/2013/march-17-william-hayes-and-the-ship-rainbow/ The Clipper Ship Era by Arthur Hamilton Clark https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Clipper_Ship_Era/Chapter_4 Sailing Ships: Rainbow http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Rainbow(1845).html Music: Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

On the 2nd of March, 19 69, Yellow river was the scene of the deadliest motorsport accident in the history of the United States of America. Sources Motorsport Memorial http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/query.php?db=ct&q=circuit_a&n=1142 Henry Ball - The Southern Voice https://thesouthernvoice.com/drag-racings-bloody-sunday/ Jim Hall - MOTORTREND https://www.motortrend.com/news/huston-platt-dixie-twister/ Andrew Wolf - DRAGZINE https://www.dragzine.com/news/flashback-friday-georgias-yellow-river-dragstrip/ Tommy Lee - Lost Drag Strips https://www.musclecardiy.com/drag-racing/abandoned-dragstrips-southern-tracks/ Music Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

On the 14th of December 1920, 4 people would be killed after a plane crashed in Golders Green shortly after take off. It was the first fatal plane crash involving a civilian passenge plane in Britian and 2nd of its kind in the world.

On the 27th of August 1927, an express train derails near Sevenoaks, England. Leading to the deaths of 13. Music: Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

On the 4th September 1916, a fire in a railway tunnel near Tavannes, France. Leading to the deaths of at least 500 soldiers. Music Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

On 26 November 1914, the pre dreadnaught battleship, HMS Bulwark, was destroyed by a large explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness Music Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...