Tomorrow 26th of January is the 100th anniversary of the Abermule collision. As far as I know there will be no events to mark this event.
https://spellerweb.net/rhindex/UKRH/GreatWestern/Narrowgauge/Abermule.html
Details of the collision can be found here, https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=103 and the report here, https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Abermule1921.pdf both are worth reading, as lessons learnt the hard way, still have worth today, I feel.
https://spellerweb.net/rhindex/UKRH/GreatWestern/Narrowgauge/Abermule.html
Owing to a shocking mix-up, involving blatant breaking of the rules by several people and the careless handing of the wrong electric tablet to the driver of one of the trains, a westbound stopping train from Whitchurch and an eastbound express from Aberystwyth collided head on just west of Abermule at a combined speed of more than 60 mph.
Signalman Bill Jones, Relief Stationmaster Frank Lewis from Montgomery (who was deputizing Stationmaster John Parry, who was on leave) were principally responsible for the mix-ups, though the crew of the stopping train were at fault in failing properly to examine the electric staff. The accident highlighted the outdated and sloppy way in which some railways were operated on the eve of the Railway Grouping.
Details of the collision can be found here, https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=103 and the report here, https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Abermule1921.pdf both are worth reading, as lessons learnt the hard way, still have worth today, I feel.
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