The aftermath of the Irk Valley Junction rail crash of 15 August 1953. The crash occurred at 7.40am when an electric train on route to Manchester from Bury collided with a steam train heading to Bacup. The Manchester bound train had passed a stop signal and collided head on with the steam train. The front carriage of the former was overturned and breached a wall before falling 40 feet to the riverbank below. The crash claimed the lives of the driver of the electric train and nine of his passengers. The keen eyed might just spot a police officer on the left of the frame on the street below the scene but the Manchester City Police and other emergency services were at the centre of the rescue and recovery operation. From the collection of Greater Manchester Police Museum. To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit. www.gmp.police.uk You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response. Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life. You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Beresfield train station was wiped out on this day in 1997.
It is almost 10 years ago (28th February 2001) that the Selby rail crash occurred at Great Heck, North Yorkshire. 10 people were killed whilst 82 suffered serious injuries. Background….. The …
The worst railway disaster in Australia, with 83 deaths and 210 injured, was the Granville disaster of 18 January 1977 when a morning electric locomotive hauled passenger train from the Blue Mountains derailed and crashed into a bridge at Granville which within a minute collapsed onto the wrecked cars. Foxtel has commissioned a program on the disaster which is scheduled on both Foxtel and the History Channel in A/NZ in the next days. A full account of the accident is included in the book Australian Railway Disasters, available at better bookshops in Australia.
This devastating disaster is still the worst of its kind in the state and it will never be forgotten.
It is 15 years since the Paddington rail crash, yet the parents of victim Juliet Groves still find it impossible to board a train or forgive the network rail company
How Australia's deadliest train crash - 40 years ago on Wednesday - reshaped its response to disasters.
Rail expert claims Big Art sculpture is based on 1952 smash - Britain's worst rail disaster
Thirty yards or so down the track, the respective engineers would throw their trains’ throttles wide open, and the crews would jump to safety. Physics
GALLERY: Take a look at the train disaster that stopped a nation in 1977.
Britain's 'forgotten rail disaster' - which left more than 200 soldiers and 12 civilians dead - has been remembered at memorial services at Gretna Green
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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Ana Maria Cordoba, from northern Virginia, died when the Madrid to Ferrol high-speed rail link hurtled into a wall at 120mph near the city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday night.
Belden >> A November train derailment in the Feather River Canyon was caused by a broken rail, the Enterprise-Record has learned.As Union Pacific Railroad prepares to replace more than 36 mil…
