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King's Cross railway accident: Locomotive slipped to stand in tunnel, train rolled back into station. [193] 30 September 1945: 43: 64: Bourne End rail crash: excess speed on turnout. 10 November 1945: 0: 23: Woking crash: Driver and other errors Passenger train collides with rear of second passenger train. [194] 31 December 1945: 3: 10
September 13 – Australia – Murulla railway accident: Goods wagons on a siding uncouple, roll down a slope and crash into an oncoming mail train, resulting in 27 deaths and 37 injuries. It would remain the worst train crash in New South Wales history for just under 51 years until the Granville rail disaster of 1977 which left 84 people dead ...
On 21 September 1951, an express passenger train was derailed at Weedon, Northamptonshire due to a defective bogie on the locomotive hauling it. Fifteen people died and 35 were injured. On 19 November 1951, a bridge was washed away between Cocking and Midhurst, West Sussex. A freight train was derailed when it attempted to cross the bridge.
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When British Rail implemented the TOPS system for managing their operating stock, ships capable of carrying rail vehicles were incorporated into the system as Class 99. In order to circumvent restrictions of the application software, these ships were entered on TOPS as locomotives, 'hauling' the trains which they carried on board.
January 12 – British India – At Hazaribagh on the East Indian Railway, saboteurs remove a 36-foot (11 m) length of rail. The locomotive of the Dehra Dun Express from Howrah actually makes it across the gap and regains the rails, but the track is sufficiently damaged that the rest of the train is derailed, with 21 deaths and 71 injuries. A ...
Pages in category "Railway accident deaths in England" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
1 May – United Kingdom – The boiler of Newcastle and Carlisle Railway locomotive Adelaide explodes at Carlisle, Cumberland. Two people are injured. [27] December 11 – United Kingdom – The boiler of South Eastern Railway locomotive No. 78 Forrester explodes as it hauls a freight train near Bricklayers' Arms, Surrey. Both crew are killed ...