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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MAZE HILL - On July 4th, 1958, the 9.41 am 4-coach electric passenger train from Gravesend Central to Charing Cross ran past the Up home signal at danger and collided head-on with a 9-coach empty stock train hauled by Wainwright SECR Class C 0-6-0 No.31461 which was being shunted slowly from the Up sidings across the Up line towards the Down line. The accident occurred as the empty train was entering the crossover leading from the Up to the Down line. The passenger train was approaching the station at about 40 mph when the motorman, who had failed to observe the home signal, saw the obstruction ahead and applied the brakes. His action was too late to be effective and the collision occurred at a speed of about 25 mph. The force of the impact drove the empty train backwards for 11 yards and lifted the engine which mounted the leading coach of the electric train. The Up and Down lines were blocked and the electric current was cut off immediately by the heavy short circuit. There were about 50 passengers in the electric train, and 43 of these, together with the motorman and guard, were taken to hospital where five were detained, but none was seriously injured.
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MAZE HILL - On July 4th, 1958, the 9.41 am 4-coach electric passenger train from Gravesend Central to Charing Cross ran past the Up home signal at danger and collided head-on with a 9-coach empty stock train hauled by Wainwright SECR Class C 0-6-0 No.31461 which was being shunted slowly from the Up sidings across the Up line towards the Down line. The accident occurred as the empty train was entering the crossover leading from the Up to the Down line. The passenger train was approaching the station at about 40 mph when the motorman, who had failed to observe the home signal, saw the obstruction ahead and applied the brakes. His action was too late to be effective and the collision occurred at a speed of about 25 mph. The force of the impact drove the empty train backwards for 11 yards and lifted the engine which mounted the leading coach of the electric train. The Up and Down lines were blocked and the electric current was cut off immediately by the heavy short circuit. There were about 50 passengers in the electric train, and 43 of these, together with the motorman and guard, were taken to hospital where five were detained, but none was seriously injured.

  • MARCH - DM478332 come to grief outside March East Box, 16/02/88. Wheels and crane both removed.
  • MARCH - DM478332 has come to grief. I don't remember the circumstances surrounding this but here, on 16/02/88, they've cut the wheels off, left of crane, and brought in this crane to lift the body onto a lorry but someone forgot to ask where the drains were - oh dear! Scratch one crane! So they just got the crane out and abandoned the body. Note railwayman having a pee up the Class 31!
  • MARGAM - 37 273 - EE Class 37 Type 3 Co-Co DE - built 12/65 by English Electric as D6606 - 1973 to 37 306, 02/89 to 37 273 - withdrawn 09/91 with accident damage, as here.
  • MARLEY JUNCTION - 43074 - Ivatt BR Class 4MT 2-6-0 - built 09/50 by Darlington Works - withdrawn 06/66 from 55F Leeds Manningham - On Sunday 6th September 1964 an incident happened at Marley Junction which ended up with 43074 upturned down the side of the embankment on the north side of the line. Reports stated that the loco had been running in the down direction on the up slow line from Bingley, approaching Marley Junction which was only an intermediate box between Bingley and Thwaites Junction where access on and off the slow lines was possible. The slow to fast points in the up direction were protected by catch points which did their job at the expense of 43074. On Sunday 13th September 1964. The Holbeck and Wakefield cranes attended, the latter working from the Bingley end and recovery was effected.
  • MAV - Bmxt 005 - DVT from BDVmot set 005, damaged in an accident in 1994. The power car now runs in set 019 and this DVT is withdrawn at Budapest Eszaki Works, with a badly bent frame, 17/04/03.
  • MAV - SIOFOK TRAIN CRASH, 08/05/03 (1) - V43 1078 - 379 of these 'Universal' AC mixed traffic locos were built between 1963 and 1982 by Ganz/MAVAG - at 08.30 on 08/05/03, V43 1078 on a Budapest - Nagykanisza train, hit a coachload of German tourists on an ungated level crossing, tearing the coach in two and killing 34 of the bus' occupants. The bus had crossed the crossing despite the fact that the red warning lights were flashing. Only one person was slightly injured on the train but considerable damage was done to it and the railway line.
  • MAV - SIOFOK TRAIN CRASH, 08/05/03 (2) - V43 1078 - 379 of these 'Universal' AC mixed traffic locos were built between 1963 and 1982 by Ganz/MAVAG - seen here with the front bogie derailed.
  • MAV - SIOFOK TRAIN CRASH, 08/05/03 (3) - V43 1078 - 379 of these 'Universal' AC mixed traffic locos were built between 1963 and 1982 by Ganz/MAVAG - after the bus was cut in two, one half was dragged over 150 metres down the track, resulting in considerable damage to train.
  • MAV - SIOFOK TRAIN CRASH, 08/05/03 (4) - V43 1078 - 379 of these 'Universal' AC mixed traffic locos were built between 1963 and 1982 by Ganz/MAVAG - showing damage to the front vestibule of the leading coach.
  • MAV - SIOFOK TRAIN CRASH, 08/05/03 (5) - V43 1078 - 379 of these 'Universal' AC mixed traffic locos were built between 1963 and 1982 by Ganz/MAVAG - looking along the train towards the front. The train did very well to stay upright and largely on the tracks.
  • MAV - SIOFOK TRAIN CRASH, 08/05/03 (6) - M62 261 - 288 1850hp engines built between 1965 and 1979 by Lugansk Works, USSR - moves down onto the crash scene to pull out the damaged loco and stock.
  • MAV - SIOFOK TRAIN CRASH, 08/05/03 (7) - V43 1078 - 379 of these 'Universal' AC mixed traffic locos were built between 1963 and 1982 by Ganz/MAVAG - M62 261 has been brought forward to assist with the re-railing of V43 1078 and the rest of the train and to then drag it into Siofok Station.
  • MAV - SIOFOK TRAIN CRASH, 08/05/03 (8) - V43 1078 - 379 of these 'Universal' AC mixed traffic locos were built between 1963 and 1982 by Ganz/MAVAG - is dragged into Siofok Station by M62 261.
  • MAV - SIOFOK TRAIN CRASH, 08/05/03 (9) - V43 1078 - 379 of these 'Universal' AC mixed traffic locos were built between 1963 and 1982 by Ganz/MAVAG - the badly damaged first coach of the train at Siofok Station.
  • MAV - V43 1111 - 379 of these 'Universal' AC mixed traffic locos were built between 1963 and 1982 by Ganz/MAVAG - under repair at Budapest Eszaki Works with accident damage, 17/04/03.
  • MAV - V43 1363 - 379 of these 'Universal' AC mixed traffic locos were built between 1963 and 1982 by Ganz/MAVAG - somewhat remodelled, undergoing a rebuild at Budapest Eszaki Works, 17/04/03.
  • MAYFIELD - 297 BONCHURCH - Stroudley LBSCR Class D1 0-4-2T - built 12/1877 by Brighton Works - 1923 to SR - 1931 to SR No.2297 - 09/37 withdrawn from Horsham MPD - On 1st September 1897 a train crash occurred on curved section of track between Heathfield and Mayfield, due mainly to the poor state of the permanent way. The 6 carriage train was derailed and the driver killed. In this picture we see only the leading carriage of the train, the other five having gone down the embankment.
  • MAZE HILL - On July 4th, 1958, the 9.41 am 4-coach electric passenger train from Gravesend Central to Charing Cross ran past the Up home signal at danger and collided head-on with a 9-coach empty stock train hauled by Wainwright SECR Class C 0-6-0 No.31461 which was being shunted slowly from the Up sidings across the Up line towards the Down line. The accident occurred as the empty train was entering the crossover leading from the Up to the Down line. The passenger train was approaching the station at about 40 mph when the motorman, who had failed to observe the home signal, saw the obstruction ahead and applied the brakes. His action was too late to be effective and the collision occurred at a speed of about 25 mph. The force of the impact drove the empty train backwards for 11 yards and lifted the engine which mounted the leading coach of the electric train. The Up and Down lines were blocked and the electric current was cut off immediately by the heavy short circuit. There were about 50 passengers in the electric train, and 43 of these, together with the motorman and guard, were taken to hospital where five were detained, but none was seriously injured.
  • MAZE HILL - On July 4th, 1958, the 9.41 am 4-coach electric passenger train from Gravesend Central to Charing Cross ran past the Up home signal at danger and collided head-on with a 9-coach empty stock train hauled by Wainwright SECR Class C 0-6-0 No.31461 which was being shunted slowly from the Up sidings across the Up line towards the Down line. The accident occurred as the empty train was entering the crossover leading from the Up to the Down line. The passenger train was approaching the station at about 40 mph when the motorman, who had failed to observe the home signal, saw the obstruction ahead and applied the brakes. His action was too late to be effective and the collision occurred at a speed of about 25 mph. The force of the impact drove the empty train backwards for 11 yards and lifted the engine which mounted the leading coach of the electric train. The Up and Down lines were blocked and the electric current was cut off immediately by the heavy short circuit. There were about 50 passengers in the electric train, and 43 of these, together with the motorman and guard, were taken to hospital where five were detained, but none was seriously injured. 31461 was not repaired and was withdrawn in August 1958.
  • MIDDLESBROUGH - On August 3rd, 1942, a lone Dornier Do 217 picked its way through the barrage balloons around Middlebrough and dropped a stick of bombs onto the railway station. One bomb caused serious damage to the Victorian glass and steel roof, so severe that it was removed in 1954. 8 people were killed. A train in the station with Class V1 2-6-2T No.451 at its head was also badly damaged although there were no passengers aboard. It was eventually repaired and returned to service. The station was out of action for the next two weeks.
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