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Memorial at Sutton Coldfield station to the victims of the crash. Following this accident, lineside speed restriction signs were universally adopted; previously there had been no visual reminder to the driver of speed restrictions on many routes. The Inspector also suggested the use of speed recorders, as in France, but this was not adopted.
Sutton Coldfield rail crash: Train on diversionary route, pilot driver with route knowledge was unfamiliar with type of locomotive, speed on curve, train strewn over platforms. [citation needed] 28 May 1955: 3: 40: Wormit, Fife: Train derailed at excessive speed in tunnel, overturning onto a platform at Wormit Station. Locomotive fireman and ...
Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield (/ ˌ s ʌ t ən ˈ k ɒ l d f i əl d / pronunciation ⓘ), [3] [4] is a town and civil parish in the city of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south of Lichfield, 7 miles southwest of Tamworth, and 7 miles east of ...
Members of a community have spoken of their shock after a man in Birmingham was killed when a tree fell on the car he was driving. Emergency services were called to Sutton Road in Erdington at ...
Sutton Coldfield rail crash: An express passenger train traveling from York to Bristol, England, derails as a result of excessive speed on a sharp curve. The fourth carriage is knocked into the air causing it to drag along the station roof, damaging both the roof and the platforms on either side.
Editor's note: Story updates at 1:11 p.m. after sheriff's office issued a correction on Sutton's warrant.. Detroit Lions cornerback Cam Sutton is wanted in connection with a domestic violence ...
The service was created in 1974, when the West Midlands county came into being. Prior to its creation, each of the county boroughs in the West Midlands area (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Solihull, Walsall, Warley, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton) had their own fire brigade, the largest of which was the City of Birmingham Fire Brigade.
A further accident, unrelated to the Morpeth curve, occurred on 13 November 1992, when a collision between two freight trains at Morpeth led to one fatality. A Class 56 locomotive ran into the back of a pipe train. The cab of the locomotive was crushed and the driver was killed.