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Description Britain's Railway Disasters (Illustrated) by Robin Jones Mortons Media Group | May 2016 | ISBN: 190912866X | 133 Pages | PDF | 50.3 mb https://www.amazon.com/Brita...ed-Robin-ebook/dp/B01FWGGUBO This is the story of how Britain’s railway disasters, horrific though they may be, change the network for the better through the crucial lessons that are learned. It starts with fatalities on early mining tramways before the dawn of the steam age and takes the story up to the present day. While many of Britain’s worst tragedies are covered in depth, such as Quintinshill in 1915 and Harrow & Wealdstone in 1952, the book also looks at others that had resounding consequences for safety. About the Author Robin Jones is a widely published and highly respected journalist who specialises in heritage transportation and industrial archaeology subjects. Robin contributes news and feature material on a regular basis across a wide range of railway titles and has written many books on Britain’s railway history. He is currently the editor of Heritage Railway Magazine. CONTENTS 4 INTRODUCTION 8 1830 LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER: The first tragedies 15 1833 BAGWORTH: The first whistles? 16 1865 STAPLEHURST: Heroism of Our Mutual Friend 18 1868 ABERGELE: Inferno of the Irish Mail 22 1874 THORPE: Why Edward Tyer invented the tablet system 24 1876 ABBOTS RIPTON: Double collision at Abbots Ripton 30 1879 TAY BRIDGE: The railway Titanic 38 1887 HEXTHORPE: The worst day at the races 40 1889 ARMAGH: No braking the runaway train 44 1890, 1939 AND 1978 NORTON FITZWARREN: Somerset’s triple accident blackspot 48 1896 PRESTON: An end to speed 54 1896 SNOWDON: Fatality on the first day 56 1906 SALISBURY: One fast curve too many 58 1915 QUINTINSHILL: Britain’s worst rail disaster 70 1945 BOURNE END: Blinded by the light 73 1947 GOSWICK: Carnage on the ‘Flying Scotsman’ 74 1952 HARROW & WEALDSTONE: Britain’s worst peacetime rail disaster 82 1955 SUTTON COLDFIELD: Sharp curve taken at double speed 84 1957 LEWISHAM: Carnage in the London fog 87 1967 THIRSK: Derailed cement wagon wrecks a prototype 88 1967 HITHER GREEN: Bonfire night horror at Hither Green 92 1975 MOORGATE: The Moorgate mystery 94 1975 NUNEATON: Nightmare at Nuneaton 96 1988 CLAPHAM JUNCTION: The wrong kind of wire 100 1994 COWDEN: So who was driving? 101 1996 RICKERSCOTE: Questions over wagon maintenance 102 1997 SOUTHALL: Britain’s train safety systems condemned 106 1999 LADBROKE GROVE: The signal that could not be seen 112 2000 HATFIELD: Cracked rail killer 114 2001 GREAT HECK: 10 people die – and the railway was blameless 120 2002 POTTERS BAR: They waited nine years for justice 124 2004 UFTON NERVET: A long wait for a bridge 128 2004 TEBAY: ‘Greed’ set off a runaway train 129 2007 GRAYRIGG: Potters Bar crash ‘repeated’ in Cumbria Sharing Widget |