3. OFF THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW
  4. OFF THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW

OFF THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW

This gallery is a sort of compendium of all the bent and the broken, the crashed and the bashed, both steam age and modern, loco and stock, both British and foreign. Most are duplicates of pictures to be found in other galleries, some taken by me and some very obviously not. These pictures are displayed for recreational/information/research purposes only and are not for sale under any circumstances. Every effort has been made to verify the information in the captions but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
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CRICKLEWOOD - 31 202/31 226 - left parked for the weekend, the brakes were not properly applied and the two locos ran away, ending up on the North Circular Road, 10/88. Needless to say, both were immediately withdrawn.
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CRICKLEWOOD - 31 202/31 226 - left parked for the weekend, the brakes were not properly applied and the two locos ran away, ending up on the North Circular Road, 10/88. Needless to say, both were immediately withdrawn.

  • COURVILLE, FRANCE - On February 14th, 1911, the 0440 Paris - Le Mans express was entering Courville Station at about 0612 when it ran into a freight train being shunted across the main line to clear the way for it. Before anything could be done, the 0614 Brest - Paris stopping train ran into the wreckage blocking its path. Fire broke almost immediately, originating in the dining car of the express. 12 people were killed and 20 injured. Bizarrely, one of the injured was a soldier from the 118th Regiment who was shot in the leg!
  • CREWE - An LNWR Class DX 0-6-0 has derailed and gone through the retaining wall on Cumberland Bridge in Crewe on March 18th, 1905.
  • CREWE WORKS - 47 282 - Brush Class 47 Type 4 Co-Co DE - built 01/66 by Brush Traction as D1984 - withdrawn 09/86 after sustaining substantial collision damage - here at Crewe Works, 09/86.
  • CREWE WORKS - 47 589 awaits attention for a head injury at Crewe Works, 21/09/85. I can't think what it could have hit to cause that damage.
  • CREWE WORKS - 81 016 - BRCW Class 81 Bo-Bo - built 03/61 by BRCW as E3018 - 1973 to 81 016 - 09/12/82 involved in accident at Linslade - withdrawn 07/83 - seen here in Crewe Works with severe accident damage.
  • CREWE WORKS - 86 208 - BR/EE Class 86 Bo-Bo AC Electric - built 02/66 by English Electric as E3141 - 1973 to 86 208 - withdrawn 03/00 - seen here at Crewe Works for repairs to accident damage, 11/04/76.
  • CREWE WORKS - 86 252 - BR Class 86 AC Bo-Bo - built 08/65 by Crewe Works as E3101 - 1973 to 86 252 - withdrawn 01/02 with fire damage, as seen here.
  • CRICKLEWOOD - 31 202/31 226 - left parked for the weekend, the brakes were not properly applied and the two locos ran away, ending up on the North Circular Road, 10/88. Needless to say, both were immediately withdrawn.
  • CRICKLEWOOD - 31 202/31 226 - left parked for the weekend, the brakes were not properly applied and the two locos ran away, ending up on the North Circular Road, 10/88. Needless to say, both were immediately withdrawn.
  • CRICKLEWOOD - 31 226 - Brush Class 31 Type 2 A1A-A1A DE - built 09/60 by Brush Traction as D5652 - 1973 to 31 226 - withdrawn 10/89 after Cricklewood accident - seen here at Stratford in 1990, much butchered.
  • CROWLE - Quoted from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph of Saturday, October 15th, 1904: 'An accident which will seriously delay the completion of the large swing bridge for the Isle of Axholme Railway that is to span the Keadby Canal at Crowle Wharf, occurred on Friday afternoon. A large steam crane, fixed close to the parapet of the bridge was being used to place sections of the steel work in position, when it overbalanced whilst hauling one of the main girders weighing about four tons. With the engine and girder it fell crashing over the side of the bridge into the Soak dyke below. The dyke is both wide and deep and the engine fell head foremost, being nearly submerged, both being damaged. It is expected that a new girder will have to be manufactured and the delay in completing the bridge will be cnosiderable. The brickwork was also torn away but luckily no one was injured.'
  • CUDWORTH - On January 19th, 1905, in thick fog, the 2.25 a.m. up mail train (Leeds to Sheffield) was travelling between Cudworth and Darfield stations, when the 3.5 a.m. up express train (Leeds to St. Pancras) running at high speed passed signals at danger and overtook it. The wreckage caught fire and virtually the entirety of both trains was consumed. Four passengers, a railway guard and a fireman, all of whom were in the express, were killed on the spot. Thirteen passengers, of whom one later died from the effects of injuries received, and five railway employees suffered more or less severely from shock or injury.
  • CUDWORTH - On January 19th, 1905, in thick fog, the 2.25 a.m. up mail train (Leeds to Sheffield) was travelling between Cudworth and Darfield stations, when the 3.5 a.m. up express train (Leeds to St. Pancras) running at high speed passed signals at danger and overtook it. The wreckage caught fire and virtually the entirety of both trains was consumed. Four passengers, a railway guard and a fireman, all of whom were in the express, were killed on the spot. Thirteen passengers, of whom one later died from the effects of injuries received, and five railway employees suffered more or less severely from shock or injury.
  • D1703 - BR Brush Class 48 Type 4 Co-Co - built 09/65 by Brush Traction, Loughborough - 11/70 converted fron Class 48 to Class 47 - 10/73 to BR No.47115 - 04/91 withdrawn from Stratford TMD - seen here at Peterborough in about 1969 after a shunting accident. Apologies about the picture quality - it was taken by my 11 year old brother on an Instamatic.
  • DALWHINNIE - At about 0300 on April 10th, 2021, ScotRail HST set HA19 composed of power cars 43012 and 43015 and 5 coaches, derailed at the south end of Dalwhinnie Station. The train was a test train being manned by the Rail Operations Group carrying out clearance tests on the line from Perth, so there were no passengers on board. As the train passed over a set of crossovers at a speed of 33mph, the rear coach and power car, 43012, derailed. Permitted speed on this crossover is 15mph and it is not permitted to be used in this direction. Both sets of points changed although the signals were not pulled off and all instruments in the signalbox indicated that they had not been changed. There was not much damage to the train and it was rerailed and returned to Haymarket Depot on April 18th after RAIB investigations. To enable the line t be reopened quickly, the damaged crossover was removed and replaced with plain track, the line reopening on April 15th.
  • DALWHINNIE - At about 0300 on April 10th, 2021, ScotRail HST set HA19 composed of power cars 43012 and 43015 and 5 coaches, derailed at the south end of Dalwhinnie Station. The train was a test train being manned by the Rail Operations Group carrying out clearance tests on the line from Perth, so there were no passengers on board. As the train passed over a set of crossovers at a speed of 33mph, the rear coach and power car, 43012, derailed. Permitted speed on this crossover is 15mph and it is not permitted to be used in this direction. Both sets of points changed although the signals were not pulled off and all instruments in the signalbox indicated that they had not been changed. There was not much damage to the train and it was rerailed and returned to Haymarket Depot on April 18th after RAIB investigations. To enable the line t be reopened quickly, the damaged crossover was removed and replaced with plain track, the line reopening on April 15th.
  • DARLINGTON - The Darlington rail accident occurred on June 28th, 1928, when a parcels train and an excursion train collided head on at Darlington Bank Top station. The accident was caused by the parcels train driver passing a signal at danger, due to misunderstanding the signalling layout in an unfamiliar part of the station. This accident resulted in the deaths of 25 people and the serious injury of 45 people. Here we see telescoped coaches from the excursion train, this being one of the inherent weaknesses of wooden-bodied rolling stock.
  • DARLTON QUARRY, STONEY MIDDLETON - (1) Filming had been underway for some months for the latest installment of the Mission Impossible franchise. This film features a train crash and this locomotive was especially built for this scene. Based on the plans of a BR 'Britannia' Class Pacific with modification to make it look more French, it is said to have cost well over a million pounds to build. It has a small diesel engine in the tender to move slowly and a steam generator in the boiler. It was pushed down a specially laid track at Darlton Quarry, Stone Middleton, Derbyshire, on Friday August 20th, 2021, to be destroyed when it hit the quarry floor. Here we see it simmering gently as all is prepared. Obviously, it had to be right because only one take was possible.
  • DARLTON QUARRY, STONEY MIDDLETON - (2) Filming had been underway for some months for the latest installment of the Mission Impossible franchise. This film features a train crash and this locomotive was especially built for this scene. Based on the plans of a BR 'Britannia' Class Pacific with modification to make it look more French, it is said to have cost well over a million pounds to build. It has a small diesel engine in the tender to move slowly and a steam generator in the boiler. It was pushed down a specially laid track at Darlton Quarry, Stone Middleton, Derbyshire, on Friday August 20th, 2021, to be destroyed when it hit the quarry floor. Heading at seed towards the end of the track and on to the gantry which will, I am sure, look like a collapsed bridge in the film.
  • DARLTON QUARRY, STONEY MIDDLETON - (3) Filming had been underway for some months for the latest installment of the Mission Impossible franchise. This film features a train crash and this locomotive was especially built for this scene. Based on the plans of a BR 'Britannia' Class Pacific with modification to make it look more French, it is said to have cost well over a million pounds to build. It has a small diesel engine in the tender to move slowly and a steam generator in the boiler. It was pushed down a specially laid track at Darlton Quarry, Stone Middleton, Derbyshire, on Friday August 20th, 2021, to be destroyed when it hit the quarry floor. Thar she blows! It's all downhill from here on.
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