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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GOREY - On the morning of New Year's Eve, 1975, an excavator on the back of a tractor and trailer accidentally struck the Cain railway bridge on a narrow road at Tubberneering, Clogh, three miles outside Gorey. Despite the best efforts a local man Christy Hill, and the train driver Joseph O'Neill from Rosslare Harbour who braked when he was alerted to the danger ahead, the approaching train derailed when it hit the buckled track, sending some of the carriages crashing down the bank. Some 94 passengers were on board. Forty-three were injured, while five died.<br /> In this aerial view from the Rosslare end of the train, the digger which hit the bridge can be seen to the left of the third coach from the rear of the train (2424). In front of 2424 are 2150 and 1556 (at an angle to the right) then the remains of 2585, 1922 and 2154 which were totally destroyed. Locomotive B132 lies partly covered by the wreckage to the left of the track.
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GOREY - On the morning of New Year's Eve, 1975, an excavator on the back of a tractor and trailer accidentally struck the Cain railway bridge on a narrow road at Tubberneering, Clogh, three miles outside Gorey. Despite the best efforts a local man Christy Hill, and the train driver Joseph O'Neill from Rosslare Harbour who braked when he was alerted to the danger ahead, the approaching train derailed when it hit the buckled track, sending some of the carriages crashing down the bank. Some 94 passengers were on board. Forty-three were injured, while five died.
In this aerial view from the Rosslare end of the train, the digger which hit the bridge can be seen to the left of the third coach from the rear of the train (2424). In front of 2424 are 2150 and 1556 (at an angle to the right) then the remains of 2585, 1922 and 2154 which were totally destroyed. Locomotive B132 lies partly covered by the wreckage to the left of the track.

  • FLITWICK - D5383 - BRCW Class 27 Type 2 Bo-Bo DE - built 04/62 by BRCW - withdrawn 02/66 with accident damage sustained at Flitwick when hit by D5218 on 10/02/66, as seen here.
  • FOREST ROW, East Sussex - 32346 - Billinton LBSCR Class K 2-6-0 - built 12/16 by Brighton Works as LBSCR No.346 - 1931 to SR No.2346, 1949 to BR No.32346 - 11/62 withdrawn from 75E Three Bridges - seen here being rerailed after running through trap points on a freight working at Forest Row on March 3rd, 1954.
  • FOREST ROW, East Sussex - 32346 - LB Billinton LBSCR Class K 2-6-0 - built 12/16 by Brighton Works as LBSCR No.346 - 1923 to SR No.B346, 1928 to SR No.2346 - withdrawn 11/62 from 75E Three Bridges - seen here being rerailed after running through trap points on a freight working at Forest Row on March 3rd, 1954.
  • FOREST ROW, East Sussex - 32346 - LB Billinton LBSCR Class K 2-6-0 - built 12/16 by Brighton Works as LBSCR No.346 - 1923 to SR No.B346, 1928 to SR No.2346 - withdrawn 11/62 from 75E Three Bridges - seen here being rerailed after running through trap points on a freight working at Forest Row on March 3rd, 1954.
  • FOREST ROW, East Sussex - 32346 - LB Billinton LBSCR Class K 2-6-0 - built 12/16 by Brighton Works as LBSCR No.346 - 1923 to SR No.B346, 1928 to SR No.2346 - withdrawn 11/62 from 75E Three Bridges - seen here being rerailed after running through trap points on a freight working at Forest Row on March 3rd, 1954.
  • FOREST ROW, East Sussex - 32346 - LB Billinton LBSCR Class K 2-6-0 - built 12/16 by Brighton Works as LBSCR No.346 - 1923 to SR No.B346, 1928 to SR No.2346 - withdrawn 11/62 from 75E Three Bridges - seen here derailed after running through trap points on a freight working at Forest Row on March 3rd, 1954.
  • FOREST ROW, East Sussex - 32346 - LB Billinton LBSCR Class K 2-6-0 - built 12/16 by Brighton Works as LBSCR No.346 - 1923 to SR No.B346, 1928 to SR No.2346 - withdrawn 11/62 from 75E Three Bridges - seen here derailed after running through trap points on a freight working at Forest Row on March 3rd, 1954.
  • FRIEZLAND - On August 9th, 1909, an LNWR passenger train hauled by 0-6-2T No.1608 derailed at Friezland, north of Stalybridge, due to excessive speed and the poor condition of the rolling stock, killing the crew and injuring 14 passengers.
  • FRIEZLAND - On August 9th, 1909, an LNWR passenger train hauled by 0-6-2T No.1608 derailed at Friezland, north of Stalybridge, due to excessive speed and the poor condition of the rolling stock, killing the crew and injuring 14 passengers.
  • GAINFORD - NER Class 398 0-6-0 No.1135 and an unidentified Class 1001 0-6-0 lie at the bottom of the railway embankment between Winston and Gainford after their train was derailed by a missing length of rail removed by a permanent way gang, 24/10/05.
  • GAINFORD - NER Class 398 0-6-0 No.1135 and an unidentified Class 1001 0-6-0 lie at the bottom of the railway embankment between Winston and Gainford after their train was derailed by a missing length of rail removed by a permanent way gang, 24/10/05.
  • GLADBROOK, Iowa - On March 21st, 1910, 47 people were killed when a Rock Island Railroad passenger train derailed at Green Mountain, near Gladbrook. The train consisted of 8 carriages, with Pullman cars marshalled at the rear, powered by 2 engines, both running tender first. Propelling their tenders as they were at high speed, one of them derailed as the train was passing through a cutting, derailing the rest of the train. Confined by the banks of the cutting, the coaches telescoped, the heavy Pullman cars demolishing the lighter-built day cars, killing or injuring everyone in them.
  • GLADBROOK, Iowa - On March 21st, 1910, 47 people were killed when a Rock Island Railroad passenger train derailed at Green Mountain, near Gladbrook. The train consisted of 8 carriages, with Pullman cars marshalled at the rear, powered by 2 engines, both running tender first. Propelling their tenders as they were at high speed, one of them derailed as the train was passing through a cutting, derailing the rest of the train. Confined by the banks of the cutting, the coaches telescoped, the heavy Pullman cars demolishing the lighter-built day cars, killing or injuring everyone in them.
  • GLADBROOK, Iowa - On March 21st, 1910, 47 people were killed when a Rock Island Railroad passenger train derailed at Green Mountain, near Gladbrook. The train consisted of 8 carriages, with Pullman cars marshalled at the rear, powered by 2 engines, both running tender first. Propelling their tenders as they were at high speed, one of them derailed as the train was passing through a cutting, derailing the rest of the train. Confined by the banks of the cutting, the coaches telescoped, the heavy Pullman cars demolishing the lighter-built day cars, killing or injuring everyone in them.
  • GLADBROOK, Iowa - On March 21st, 1910, 47 people were killed when a Rock Island Railroad passenger train derailed at Green Mountain, near Gladbrook. The train consisted of 8 carriages, with Pullman cars marshalled at the rear, powered by 2 engines, both running tender first. Propelling their tenders as they were at high speed, one of them derailed as the train was passing through a cutting, derailing the rest of the train. Confined by the banks of the cutting, the coaches telescoped, the heavy Pullman cars demolishing the lighter-built day cars, killing or injuring everyone in them. This view shows the relief train that brought in rescue workers and transported away from the scene the walking injured and remainder of the passengers. Note the fleet of ambulances assembled to remove the casualties.
  • GOREY - On the morning of New Year's Eve, 1975, an excavator on the back of a tractor and trailer accidentally struck the Cain railway bridge on a narrow road at Tubberneering, Clogh, three miles outside Gorey. Despite the best efforts a local man Christy Hill, and the train driver Joseph O'Neill from Rosslare Harbour who braked when he was alerted to the danger ahead, the approaching train derailed when it hit the buckled track, sending some of the carriages crashing down the bank. Some 94 passengers were on board. Forty-three were injured, while five died.<br /> In this aerial view from the Rosslare end of the train, the digger which hit the bridge can be seen to the left of the third coach from the rear of the train (2424). In front of 2424 are 2150 and 1556 (at an angle to the right) then the remains of 2585, 1922 and 2154 which were totally destroyed. Locomotive B132 lies partly covered by the wreckage to the left of the track.
  • GOREY - On the morning of New Year's Eve, 1975, an excavator on the back of a tractor and trailer accidentally struck the Cain railway bridge on a narrow road at Tubberneering, Clogh, three miles outside Gorey. Despite the best efforts a local man Christy Hill, and the train driver Joseph O'Neill from Rosslare Harbour who braked when he was alerted to the danger ahead, the approaching train derailed when it hit the buckled track, sending some of the carriages crashing down the bank. Some 94 passengers were on board. Forty-three were injured, while five died. Seen here looking towards the rear of the train.
  • GOSWICK - On August 28th, 1907, as the 11.22 pm Up braked goods train from Tweedmouth to Newcastle, consisting of NER Class S 4-6-0 No.2005 and 20 vehicles, was passing through Goswick Station, it failed to stop at the station signals which were at danger, and it ran at a high rate of speed through the connection leading from the up main line to the up independent line, and was derailed in doing so. The engine turned completely over and came to rest in a ditch by the side of the line, the driver and fireman being killed instantaneously; nine of the vehicles of the train were completely destroyed, and eight of the remainder were seriously damaged. The guard of the train, who was riding in the rear brake van, had his leg fractured and he also suffered from such severe internal injuries that it was not till three months after the accident that he was able to give evidence. "
  • GOUDHURST - 1225 - Wainwright SER Class C 0-6-0 - built 12/00 by Ashford Works as SER No.225 - 1931 to SR No.1225, 03/50 to BR No.31225 - 06/55 withdrawn from 73B Bricklayers Arms - on February 18th, 1948, a train left Goudhurst station heading for Horsmonden. But the driver had moved off before the points had been changed and the train headed off along the siding. As the train gathered speed, it ran into the buffers at the end of the siding and the engine and first carriage came off the rails. The train came to rest leaning down the bank and passengers were flung about inside the carriages. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt.
  • GOUDHURST - 1225 - Wainwright SER Class C 0-6-0 - built 12/00 by Ashford Works as SER No.225 - 1931 to SR No.1225, 03/50 to BR No.31225 - 06/55 withdrawn from 73B Bricklayers Arms - on February 18th, 1948, a train left Goudhurst station heading for Horsmonden. But the driver had moved off before the points had been changed and the train headed off along the siding. As the train gathered speed, it ran into the buffers at the end of the siding and the engine and first carriage came off the rails. The train came to rest leaning down the bank and passengers were flung about inside the carriages. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt.
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