EAW047083 ENGLAND (1952). The aftermath of the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, Wealdstone, 1952. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

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Details

Title [EAW047083] The aftermath of the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, Wealdstone, 1952. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
Reference EAW047083
Date 8-October-1952
Link
Place name WEALDSTONE
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 515384, 189491
Longitude / Latitude -0.33414377252922, 51.591964927427
National Grid Reference TQ154895

Pins

British Railway Standard version of the 4MT 2-6-4T.

Leslie B
Wednesday 16th of March 2016 11:39:31 PM
British Railway Standard version of the 4MT 2-6-4T.

Leslie B
Wednesday 16th of March 2016 11:39:29 PM
Clock stopped at 8:19 am, time of crash was estimated at 8:17 as electric current was quickly switched off by the signalman. due to an adjacent electric line, to avoid further collisions.

Billy Turner
Saturday 9th of January 2016 04:18:45 PM
1940's Leyland FK8 Fire Engine

Billy Turner
Saturday 9th of January 2016 04:09:06 PM
Train engine,46202 ex "Turbo locomotive", rebuilt as a conventional steam locomotive, now named "Princess Ann" and returned to traffic some six weeks earlier. Now damaged beyond repair.

John Wass
Monday 23rd of June 2014 02:23:02 PM
Jubilee class 45637 "Windward Islands", pilot locomotive also damaged beyond repair. It's tender body has been torn off and lies upside down on the platform.

John Wass
Monday 23rd of June 2014 02:21:00 PM

User Comment Contributions

The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash was a three-train collision at Harrow and Wealdstone station in London during the morning rush hour of 8 October 1952. 112 people were killed and 340 injured (88 of these being detained in hospital); it remains the worst peacetime rail crash in the United Kingdom.[1]

An overnight express train from Perth crashed at speed into the rear of a local passenger train standing at a platform at the station. The wreckage blocked adjacent lines and was struck within seconds by a "double-headed" express train travelling north at 60 mph (97 km/h). A subsequent Ministry of Transport report on the crash found that the driver of the Perth train had passed a caution signal and two danger signals before colliding with the local train. The accident accelerated the introduction of Automatic Warning System – by the time the report had been published British Railways had agreed to a five-year plan to install the system that warned drivers that they had passed an adverse signal.

Billy Turner
Friday 8th of January 2016 09:52:46 PM