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This is why container wagons with the sides are much better. You see countless stories of things sliding off open flatbed lorries.

I was there that day, and it was already a mobile home park. It was sso.etbing I will never forget

So, Houston was 9 years old when he was racing?

Its only my personal opinion but I find many channels have music that is too loud or totally inappropriate to the subject, sometimes so much so that I cant the the narrative. Background music is not always necessary but if you have it I would say keep it quiet and simple and in this video you have so spot on!

The music is not disturbing, but maybe a bit too "mellow", if you ask me. Maybe it should be a bit more punchy or even more like classical music (like an old fashioned film score)? Thank you for the video 😃👍

My school councillor/therapist’s uncle was George Schofield. Tragic way for her to have lost him. RIP George 🌹.

Goodness - I don't remember this. Very well explained.

Very interesting cheers for posting 👍

FFS, Please ditch the background 'music' track! It makes it much harder for those of us with less than perfect hearing to separate the 'music' from the narration.

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Credit where due. I took issue with the critical inaccuracies regarding the aspect displayed to the second train in the sequence of events described in the first version of this story. It is therefore pleasing to see you've responded to the critique and remedied the video so in this key respect it is no longer as misleading as it first could have been seen to be. ✅ FWIW the 'two lights' are commonly known as a Position Light signal or two WHITE lights which denote the driver is authorised to pass into the next signal section at a speed consistent with being able to stop short of an obstruction. The driver through their route knowledge will understand the likely status of the line ahead.

Lovely video and well researched , Pinwherry station is also famous for its ghost story of a girl who jumped to her death from a bridge and her ghost has been seen often on the bridge by passing train drivers who nicknamed her "Annie".

I was a Guard at Guide Bridge at the time and remember this accident well. I knew the 3 men involved and had worked with the driver a few days previous. It came as a great shock to everyone at Guide Bridge and will be remembered by all of us who are left. Also your commenter @laszlofyre845 I knew through the Guide Bridge reunions. I also spent the last 22 years of my railway career as a driver at Manchester Piccadilly. Thank you for the video.

I thought it was weird 2 write out a report of a crash that hadn't happened!

The report came out in May 1980, but the crash happened in November!

I don't remember this, but I vividly remember the Colwich junction disaster in 1986, living only a couple of miles away.

Excellent thank you

Not heard of this collision until now.

The 47s were good diesels, but geez their cabs were not crash worthy! I only just looked at the photos of an accident at Bridgend in 1965, the 37 involved crushed that 47s cab as well.

Hi, just found your channel and find it excellent. The subject matter is well chosen and you have kept the contents short and to the point only including relevant matters, so channels try to pad their videos out including all sorts of immaterial facts. Thank you I have started to view your content in reverse order and have subscribed.

The late Robert Adley MP mentioned the entire train landed on top of the engine, twenty five trucks and both driver and fireman stood no chance.

Farnley Junction 1977 is a good one, a 47 hit by another loco in similar circumstances.

The Engineering Train 6J41 must have been travelling too fast in the section under caution looking at the damage there. Surely the Signal on approach to the stationary Tanker Train would have been at danger?

Very interesting, to note 47190 has been released by model manufacturers Lima and Bachmann in its later two tone grey livery, they must have been aware of its history so maybe thats why they picked it.

I caught this almost as soon as it was put on. Then half an hour later it was taken down. I know why, lol! I spotted the mistake right away, of course. SG42 would most certainly NOT have shown a green aspect and 'C' indication, as it was a colour light signal. A semaphore would have done so, however. I'm not being arrogant or disrespectful. Quite the opposite, in fact. You'll see why. FWIW, I was also a drivers assistant at GB back then, and ironically would go on to serve as a driver at Crewe for over 30 years. Thus I have extensive knowledge of the area and this accident. I'm very grateful for the respect you have shown to the deceased. They were great blokes to work with. You see, my brother was the survivor of this one. All the best.

The poor audio is more suited to a wild life programme. (Don't frighten the animals).

Check out the dork-o-motive podcast by Brian Lohnes. He does a great job covering this incident.

The music is too loud for my ears and makes it difficult to hear the dialogue.

Great video and very underrated channel

No less than two mistakes on the map. It should be Colwyn Bay , not Colwyn. Conway is a mis spelling. Should be Conwy. And the pronunciation of Penmeanmawr is a bit dodgy.

My great aunt used to live at Diggle (when we visited we used to walk from her house down to the Standegde tunnels (rail and canal)), never knew there'd been a rail accident there, thanks for the upload.

That deep rumbling background noise is unnecessary and rather annoying.

Just a little nit picking, Conwy doesn't have an "A" in it ( map)and Wales doesn't have an "H". Be good if you could do one just a bit further back at Llandulas, that was a pretty bad one where wagons rolled onto the mainline and smashed into a oncoming express.

Perhaps I can shed some light on this. At the time I was seconded from my position at Marylebone to acting AAM operations at Watford Junction and was "on call" that night. The reason for the lateness of the train involved if I recall directly was a school party travelling back from France: their ferry was delayed and the train was held at Euston for them. This train subsequently collided with the portion of dislodged pointwork which David Green and I located in the double line bore of Linslade tunnel. I understand that the school party were detrained and conveyed to their destination by coach. Single line working was instituted and a disrupted morning peak service ran? I think. Was out again the next night for the single line working for the newspaper traffic. I can't say happy memories, in those days we just got on with the job.

A good video, but one point. It is between Leighton Buzzard and Bletchley. Not Dunstable. Dunstable was on a line now long gone

I do not see why people are negative over this video. I knew nothing of this accident, and I felt the maker did a fine job. I'm interested in seeing more of these.

London Huston... :D

Full of errors, take this with pitch of salt.

Most of the video is right, the train was at first made up of one loco and sixteen coaches but due to ETH problems two coaches were separately shunted out at Euston, leaving fourteen coaches to begin the journey. The train was traveling at approx. 50mph (line speed 75mph) when the derailment happened, sadly driver Bill Plumber (who was the booked driver), was sat in the secondman's seat on the righthand side of the cab which took the full force of the impact, suffering fatal injuries.

All locations mispronounced.

Nicely done. I've subbed

I know these tunnels very well and was born only half a mile away! However, having moved out of the area ,I was completely unaware of this tragic accident. An interesting and well produced video, thank you.

Theres something up with the sound affecting the narrators voice. Otherwise a good insight

One error: the freight train departed from Healey Mills.

How come the 22.55 from Euston took until 2am to reach Linslade, as it's only about 40 miles? Was there a delay?

How do you get to the location of the tunnel view (1:24) please?

A well researched report about this tragedy. Thank you for your efforts.

As I type there are 3 comments, every one of them negative. I however appreciate the effort that has gone into making this video about a crash I was not even aware of....Thank you.

Best thing was an electric shit loco was scrapped RIP Driver

Ffs stop using metric its imperial