Goswick rail crash
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox public transit accident The Goswick rail crash occurred on 26 October 1947 near the village of Goswick, Northumberland, England. The Flying Scotsman express from Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross failed to slow down for a diversion and derailed. Twenty-eight people were killed, including the talented Scottish biochemist, John Masson Gulland.[1] It was the last major accident to occur on British railways before their nationalisation on 1 January 1948.
Overview
The train was scheduled to divert from the fast line to a goods loop at Goswick, Northumberland, between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Morpeth, because of engineering work. This required a significant reduction in speed, but the driver failed to react to a cautionary signal approaching the diversion and the train entered a Script error: No such module "convert". turnout at approximately Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn The engine, A3 Class No. 66 "Merry Hampton", and most of the train derailed and overturned, though the dining car kept going down the line for Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
The driver, fireman and guard had all failed to read or react to the notice of the diversion posted at Haymarket depot.Template:Sfn The driver, who was held principally at fault, had also allowed an unauthorised passenger on to the footplate who may have distracted his attention.Template:Sfn He claimed to have missed the distant signal due to smoke from the engine obscuring his view. The home signal had been cleared to allow the train to draw up slowly to the points, but the signalman was exonerated because he could not judge the speed of the train until it was too late.
A similar accident had occurred two years earlier at Bourne End, Hertfordshire, killing 43 people.
Similar accidents
- Template:Flagicon Bourne End rail crash - overspeed through turnout
- Template:Flagicon Jokela rail crash - Finland
- Template:Flagicon Milton rail crash - England
See also
- Lists of rail accidents
- List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom
- Books on British railway accidents
References
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Sources
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- Railways Archive account, including official Accident Report
External links
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- Railway accidents and incidents in Northumberland
- Railway accidents in 1947
- 1947 in England
- History of Northumberland
- 20th century in Northumberland
- Derailments in England
- Accidents and incidents involving London and North Eastern Railway
- 1947 disasters in the United Kingdom
- October 1947 in the United Kingdom
- Rail accidents caused by a driver's error