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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ZSR - 753 - 408 engines built by CKD from 1968 with steam heating - dumped at Zvolen, 01/06/04. It looks as though it has been on fire at this end, quite a common problem with this class I think.
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ZSR - 753 - 408 engines built by CKD from 1968 with steam heating - dumped at Zvolen, 01/06/04. It looks as though it has been on fire at this end, quite a common problem with this class I think.

  • WOODLESFORD - On Wednesday July 20th, 1910, a train was being shunted into the station goods yard with the rear carriage overshooting the buffers and plummeting down the embankment into Aberford Road. The accident happened shortly after seven o’clock in the morning when there were few people about. Luckily there was nobody on the road at the time and there were no injuries. The coach was badly damaged but successfully recovered by a breakdown crane from Holbeck depot during the course of the morning with the road finally cleared about noon.<br /> The train was for miners who were working at the newly opened Water Haigh colliery and possibly the existing pits of T. & R. W. Bower over the River Aire near Swillington and it left Leeds Wellington Station at 0530, called at Hunslet at 0536 and arrived at Woodlesford at 0543. After its arrival the locomotive was detached from the carriages to “run round” them via the goods yard because of the way the points were arranged. It was then coupled to the back of the train and drew the carriages into a long siding next to the line from Leeds between the platform and Pottery Lane bridge. After just over an hour, when the crew would no doubt have their breakfast, they would push the carriages back across the two main lines and into the goods yard siding ready to set off back to Leeds at 0730. It must have been during this manoeuvre, and possibly with an inexperienced driver or guard, that the train failed to stop in time resulting in the rear carriage crashing through the buffers and plunging into Aberford Road.
  • YORK - Early in the morning of Wednesday, April 29th, 1942, York suffered its worst air raid of the war. It wasn’t entirely unexpected. In the previous few days, the Luftwaffe had attacked two other cathedral cities, Norwich and Bath. These were the so-called 'Baedecker Raids'. The story had it that Hitler, enraged by the RAF’s attacks on Lubeck and Rostock, picked up a Baedecker guidebook and ordered that every historic place in England marked with three stars be bombed in retaliation. The Luftwaffe bombarded strategic targets – the railway line, the station, the Carriage Works, the airfield. York Minster was not touched. Seen here are Platforms 2 & 3 of York Station after the raid.
  • YORK - Early in the morning of Wednesday, April 29th, 1942, York suffered its worst air raid of the war. It wasn’t entirely unexpected. In the previous few days, the Luftwaffe had attacked two other cathedral cities, Norwich and Bath. These were the so-called 'Baedecker Raids'. The story had it that Hitler, enraged by the RAF’s attacks on Lubeck and Rostock, picked up a Baedecker guidebook and ordered that every historic place in England marked with three stars be bombed in retaliation. The Luftwaffe bombarded strategic targets – the railway line, the station, the Carriage Works, the airfield. York Minster was not touched. Unfortunately for Class A4 Pacific No.4469 SIR RALPH WEDGEWOOD and Class B16 4-6-0 No.925, a bomb fell through the York North Locoshed roof and exploded between the two engines. Both locomotives were severely damaged as a result of the explosio. 4469 was recovered and towed to Doncaster shortly afterward. Due to the degree of damage, it was considered impractical to rebuild and only the tender was savable. The B16 was also scrapped.
  • YORK - Early in the morning of Wednesday, April 29th, 1942, York suffered its worst air raid of the war. It wasn’t entirely unexpected. In the previous few days, the Luftwaffe had attacked two other cathedral cities, Norwich and Bath. These were the so-called 'Baedecker Raids'. The story had it that Hitler, enraged by the RAF’s attacks on Lubeck and Rostock, picked up a Baedecker guidebook and ordered that every historic place in England marked with three stars be bombed in retaliation. The Luftwaffe bombarded strategic targets – the railway line, the station, the Carriage Works, the airfield. York Minster was not touched. Unfortunately for Class A4 Pacific No.4469 SIR RALPH WEDGEWOOD and Class B16 4-6-0 No.925, a bomb fell through the York North Locoshed roof and exploded between the two engines. Both locomotives were severely damaged as a result of the explosio. 4469 was recovered and towed to Doncaster shortly afterward. Due to the degree of damage, it was considered impractical to rebuild and only the tender was savable. The B16 was also scrapped. Seen here at Doncaster Works after recovery from the ruins of York.
  • YORK - On August 4th, 1958, 60036 COLOMBO was approaching Platform 12 at York Station on a terminating train from Sunderland when it overran the buffer stops and ended up in the concourse. 11 people were injured and, although considerable, the damage looks worse than it is. Presumably there was a braking problem but I am unable to find out for certain.
  • YORK - On August 4th, 1958, 60036 COLOMBO was approaching Platform 12 at York Station on a terminating train from Sunderland when it overran the buffer stops and ended up in the concourse. 11 people were injured and, although considerable, the damage looks worse than it is. Presumably there was a braking problem but I am unable to find out for certain.
  • ZSR - 750 149 - 165 locos converted to ETH from Class 753 between 1991 and 1995, 46 on ZSR - dumped on the scrapline at Zvolen, 09/09/06. Many of these locos seem to withdrawn following cab fires and, as the cabs are fibre glass, looks to be badly damaged.
  • ZSR - 753 - 408 engines built by CKD from 1968 with steam heating - dumped at Zvolen, 01/06/04. It looks as though it has been on fire at this end, quite a common problem with this class I think.
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