Farnley Junction Train Crash 1977
On the 5th of November, 1977, an incorrectly wired rectifier would lead to a head-on collision outside the village of Farnley…
Sources
Railways Archive
https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=772
https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoT_Farnley1977.pdf
Weather Charts
https://www.weathercharts.org/railway/farnley.htm
Railcar co uk
https://www.railcar.co.uk/data/vehicle/51965
https://www.railcar.co.uk/data/vehicle/51959
46soton
https://www.47soton.co.uk/2023/06/peak-rail-diesel-gala-16th-april-2023_0411422440.html
jsb303 (Flicker)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/
Train In Trouble Vol.2 by Arthur Trevena (Book)
Lost Railways Of South & West Yorkshire by Gordon Suggitt (Book)
Lightless Dawn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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The Loss Of HMS Satellite 1810
On the 19th of December 1810, the Sloop HMS Satellite founders in the English channel…
Sources
Iwm
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/43651
Three Decks
https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=6459
The Gazette
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16172/page/1128
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16228/page/196
Wrecksite.eu
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17490
Babel Hathi Trust
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435054260641&seq=692&q1=satellite
British Warship Losses In The Age Of Sail 1649-1860 by David Hepper (Book)
The Lost Ships Of The Royal Navy 1793-1900 by W.P.Gosset (Book)
Lightless Dawn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Crewe Junction Train Crash 1980
On the 7th of November 1980, two goods trains collided at Salop goods junction, Crewe.
Sources
Railways Archive
https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=766
https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoT_Crewe1980.pdf
Industrial News
https://industrialnews.co.uk/all-change-at-crewe/
Collins Dictionary
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/salop#google_vignette
Class 47
http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_numbers.php?s_loco=47190
Signal Box
https://signalbox.org/signals/subsidiary-signals/
Flicker
https://www.flickr.com/photos/deadmans_handle/4263283507
Music:
Long Note One - Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
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Linslade Tunnel Derailment 1982
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...
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Pinwherry Derailment 1928
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...
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The Loss Of HMS Brazen 1800
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...
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Worcester Tunnel Junction 1976
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...
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Diggle Junction 1923
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
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Penmaenmawr Derailment 1899
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...
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Loss of the Rainbow 1848
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...
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Yellow River Drag Strip Disaster 1969
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...
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Golders Green Plane Crash 1920
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.
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Sevenoaks Derailment 1927
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...
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Tavannes Tunnel Explosion 1916
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...
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HMS Bulwark Explosion 1914
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...
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