WebAugust 14 – United Kingdom – Weedon rail crash: Express train derails after the track on the up main line is forced out of alignment by a detached coupling rod from a passing … WebAccident at Hawes Junction on 24th December 1910 Accident Summary and 1 more images » Location Hawes Junction Train Operator Midland Railway Primary Cause Signaller error Secondary Causes Gas lighting, failure to operate rule 55 Result Rear collision, derailment, fire 12 fatalities, 30 injured Accident Investigation Status
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The Hawes Junction rail crash occurred at 5.49 am on 24 December 1910, just north of the Lunds viaduct between Hawes Junction (now known as Garsdale station) and Aisgill on the Midland Railway's Settle and Carlisle main line in the North Riding of Yorkshire (now North Yorkshire), England. It … See more Hawes Junction station was approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Ais Gill summit, the highest point on the steeply graded Settle and Carlisle line. The Midland Railway, who owned and operated the line, had a policy of … See more The immediate cause of the accident was that signalman Sutton forgot that he had moved the two light engines to the down line, waiting there to proceed to Carlisle. He later improperly … See more • Quintinshill rail crash – also involved a signalman forgetting about a train on the main line. • Thirsk rail crash (1892) – a bereaved and overtired signalman fell asleep, forgetting … See more • "Accident Returns: Extract for Accident at Hawes Junction on 24th December 1910". Railways Archive. Board of Trade. Retrieved 29 May 2016. • A Christmas Tragedy – description of the crash on the Danger Ahead historic railway disasters website. See more Since the earliest days of public railways in the UK, railway accidents were investigated by Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate, an independent body of experts, mostly from the Royal Engineers. In the case of the Hawes Junction collision, the … See more • Earnshaw, Alan (1996). An illustrated History of Trains in Trouble. Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-906899-69-9. • Nock, O.S. (1987). Historic Railway Disasters (4th ed.). Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-1752-2. See more WebApr 1, 2024 · The eight-car train, traveling to Taitung, came off the rails in a tunnel just north of Hualien Friday morning, causing several carriages to hit the wall of the tunnel, the government-run Central... WebJul 22, 2013 · One man forgot the time and two others didn’t follow the rulebook. The results were tragic, especially since this took place on a Christmas Eve. Incidentally, Hawes … michele formisano