European Railroad Discussion > Remember May 22 1915

for those who know it was 100 years ago the worst train disaster in the UK

   A Triple collision between 3 passenger trains just over the border of England and Scotland at Quintinshill   227  killed

my father had been in the army in Scotland  in the 1920s and had a book on the troops, whom were the most of the  casualties 

here are the relevant pages


on the YTBE there is a documentary called 'Rail Crash'  a film   made in 1972 that has an actual member of the railway who was on duty that day as a lamp boy aged 17

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/22/15 18:10 by bakersfielddave.

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To commemorate the anniversary there was there was a programme on BBC and an article on the website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vqx7v

http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z9w9d2p

location of the remote signal box where the disaster occured marked on this map from the 1940 era

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Wow, also the 100th anniversary of the eruption of Mt Lassen in the USA. Big news day for the media of the time!

Tom Y