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| Little Salkeld Station, Little Salkeld | ||
| Little Salkeld Station | ||
| site name:- | Settle and Carlisle Railway | |
| locality:- | Little Salkeld | |
| civil parish:- | Hunsonby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway station | |
| coordinates:- | NY56483552 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5635 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY53 | |
| SummaryText:- | Opened 1876; closed 1970. | |
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 BJU53.jpg Now a private house. (taken 26.8.2005) |
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| Closed. |
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| hearsay:- |
A down passenger express, 11 bogie carriages and vans pulled by compound 4-4-0 locomotive
no.1010, running on a down grade at about 55mph, entered a cutting, about 4pm, 19
January 1918. Driver Whitworth looked out to check all was clear, a habit, he always
looked out for a distant signal used to stand there. All was clear, then he was busy
in the cab, but looked out about 30 seconds later, and the line had been blocked by
a sudden landslide. Although he braked the train ran into the pile of earth. The locomotive
came to a stop leaning over, on the ballast; the first van finished broadside on with
the following carriage on top of it; most of the other carriages were upright. Altogether
seven passengers died, 37 were injured or shocked; nine railwaymen were slightly injured. |
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| Less than an hour before a platelayer had passed this way twice, and nothing was amiss. |
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