Recent content by Jimbob52

The suggestion that three children stowed away on a troop train, perished in the Quintinshill disaster, and were never missed is almost certainly an urban myth. The origin of the tale seems to be a comment in John Thomas’s ‘Gretna, Britain’s Worst Railway Disaster’, published in 1969. He...

The recent threads on the accidents at Lewisham and Clapham mention the memorials that have been erected at these tragic sites. This has prompted me to wonder how many similar memorials exist. Ones that come to mind include: At Harrow and Wealdstone, there is a plaque outside the North...

Wednesday, 4th December sees the anniversary of the accident at St John’s, Lewisham in 1957. With 90 fatalities and 173 injured, it remains the third- worst railway accident in the UK. Peter Tatlow’s ‘St John’s, Lewisham, 50 Years On’ (Oakwood Press, 2007) is recommended.

Wednesday 12th June will see the anniversary of the accident at Armagh in1889, on the Great Northern Railway of Ireland. It has been described as the most significant railway accident in UK history because it led to the Regulation of Railways Act 1889. The train was the annual Sunday School...

I think the greater risk is that the clerk dealing with this does know the local area and sees the weak points in the OP's explanation.

A reminder that next week will see the anniversary of the terrible accident at Quintinshill on 22 May 1915. A black day in UK railway history.

Please provide details of any case where ‘ The railway and court have already made up their mind about the case on the golf course so doesn’t care about any defence.’

Wednesday of this week sees the anniversary of the Moorgate tube disaster on 28 February 1975. There were 43 fatalities when an underground train ran into a dead-end tunnel on what was then the Northern City line on the London Underground. There is no definitive explanation of the cause of the...

February 14th will see the anniversary of an accident that has been described as ‘a one-in-infinity’ error. The accident occurred in 1927 outside Hull Paragon station. In his haste to get a train away from the station, a signalman restored a signal to danger before the train had fully passed...

You are correct. The reference should have been to the Caley.

Recently Published: ‘Tinsley - The Signalman Who Simply Forgot’ by James Carron, published in October 2023 by Amenta. ISBN 9798863764160 This book makes extensive use of contemporary newspaper reports to describe the accident at Quintinshill on May 22nd, 1915, concentrating on the role played...

I see we have returned to the economics of the 1950s. No doubt you would favour a return to the time when there were sidings full of old coaches only used for the Summer hop pickers.

Thank you to all who contributed to the ‘Accidents in the month of December’ thread. Turning to the month of January, the most serious, in terms of the effect on the operation of the railway, is probably the accident on 6 January 1968 at the Automatic Half Barrier (AHB) level crossing at Hixon...

Apologies, you are quite correct.

December is a bad month for accident anniversaries. In addition to Lewisham, major accidents that occurred in December include: - The Tay Bridge disaster, on 28 December 1879. - Elliot Junction: 28 December 1906, when an Edinburgh to Glasgow train running tender first in thick snow ran into a...