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| site name:- |
Settle and Carlisle Railway |
| locality:- |
Smardale |
| civil parish:- |
Waitby (formerly Westmorland) |
| county:- |
Cumbria |
| locality type:- |
railway accident site |
| coordinates:- |
NY74220787 |
| 1Km square:- |
NY7407 |
| 10Km square:- |
NY70 |
| SummaryText:- |
Not the site of a crash, but the beginning of real trouble. |
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About here, near railway milepost 268, the right side bottom inner slide bar of Britannia
class 4-6-2 locomotive no.70052 Firth of Tay, fell off. The driver had heard knocking
earlier, and had inspected the loco by torchlight at Garsdale at 1.16am, and had decided
to procede at moderate speed to Hellifield where a detailed examination would be possible.
The train was the 9.05pm up sleeper from Glasgow to London, 20/21 January 1960.
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9 miles further on, about 259¼ from London, the right side outer bottom slide bar
fell off. The crosshead was kept roughly in position by the piston rod, but ¾mile
north of Settle the crosshead and piston rod came adrift, fouled the track of the
down line and pulled it out of gauge. An approaching down freight train was derailed,
and heeled over into the up passenger express, ripping out the sides of coaches; 5
passengers were killed and 8 injured.
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