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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...

I occasionally used St Pancras station in the late 1960s, travelling from Nottingham. My main memory is the overwhelming stench of diesel fumes. I also remember the poor loudspeaker system that made it hard to understand announcements. I think there was a notice apologising for the poor sound...

A reminder that Monday, 4 December sees the anniversary of the tragic accident at St John’s, Lewisham in 1957. There were 90 fatalities and 173 were injured. It is the third most serious railway accident in the UK. An detailed account of the disaster was written by Peter Tatlow to mark the 50th...

Do you mean ‘not pay RMT and Aslef workers at all’ ?

Monday of next week will see the anniversary of Britain’s worst rail disaster, at Quintinshill, near Gretna on the border between England and Scotland. In the early hours of 22 May 1915, a Saturday, 227 passengers were killed and 246 were injured. I doubt whether any new information on this...

'Talking Pictures' is repeating 'It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow', the documentary on the Bethnal Green disaster, on Friday, 10th February, at 3.00pm.

There is an interesting article by G Freeman Allen in The Locospotters’ Annual 1961, titled ‘Night Ride on the Condor’. It describes his trip from Carlisle to Hendon in the cab of the leading pair of a Metrovick (D5708 and D5709). No date is given. Written in impeccable English, as were all of...

Monday, 23 January sees the anniversary of the accident at Sutton Coldfield in 1955. A York-Bristol express derailed on the severe curve in Sutton Coldfield station. There was a permanent speed restriction of 30 mph but it was estimated the express was travelling at 55-60 mph. There were 17...

According to reports, the express train was travelling at approx. 65 mph; the light engines at 20 mph or a little more. The closing speed was therefore about 45 mph., or 66 feet (22 yards) per second. If the light engines were only seen from a distance of 6 yards, the collision would have been...

A reminder that December 24th is the anniversary of the tragic accident in 1910 at Hawes Junction on the Settle to Carlisle line. In the early hours of Christmas eve, the signalman at Hawes Junction forgot that was holding two light engines on the northbound main line, waiting for a path to...

With respect, I would hardly describe the memorial as ‘rather abstract’. It is a prize winning memorial showing an inversion of the fatal staircase, pointing towards heaven rather than down. It lists the names of those who lost their lives. At midday, 173 conical shaped holes in the roof throw a...

Purely by chance - and with no time to post a message on this forum - I noticed the 'Talking Pictures' TV channel was showing 'It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow' yesterday. This is a made for TV movie first aired in 1975. It shows a re-creation of the disaster which occurred at Bethnal Green...