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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Norton Fitzwarren rail crash (1940)
		The Norton Fitzwarren rail crash occurred on November 4 1940 between Taunton and Norton Fitzwarren in England, when the driver of a train misunderstood the signalling and track layout, causing him to drive the train through a set of points and off the rails.
		The driver of the doomed train left Taunton station observing the indications of the right-hand signals (all green, indicating "proceed"), not realizing his train was travelling on the left-hand track.
		The signals at Norton Fitzwarren railway station were fitted with the GWR Automatic Warning System which alerts the driver in his cab, both audibly and visually that he is approaching a distant signal at caution.
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	1940 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norton Fitzwarren train disaster, England: a train driver misreads the signals on a four track line, and drives his train off the end of the track.
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	List of pre-1950 rail accidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As the train approached its destination, the bridge spanning the Desjardins Canal collapsed as the train derailed.
		June 11, 1987 – Gentofte train crash, Denmark: An express train passes a signal at danger and collides with a stationary passenger train at Gentofte station.
		In the aftermath of the disaster, it is decided to establish a dedicated study of soil mechanics at the Delft University of Technology.
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	Train Wrecks
		The high-speed train hit the trailer of a B-double truck at the Ercildoune level crossing at Trawalla, about 40 kilometres west of Ballarat, derailing it.
		The truck was knocked on to its side, and a large boulder it was carrying was thrown from the trailer.
		Crash investigators having recovered the fl box recorder have determined that the train was travelling close to twice the speed limit at the time of the derailment.
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	Catch point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Catch points may also be used in order to "catch" runaway wagons that may have decoupled in an uphill segment of line which may collide with following trains.
		Runaways may go unnoticed, especially before the days of track circuits, leading to a severe crash involving at worst, a passenger train.
		It is also better to trap the runaways at low speed before they build up speed on a long falling grade, and, occasionally catchpoints are expanded into a safety siding.
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	Railway signals passed at danger: psychology matters - Statistical Data Included - Brief Article British Medical ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At the Hayward's Heath accident in 1973 the driver misread the signals and drove his loopline train on to the main line and it was struck from behind by an express.
		In November 1981 the driver of a commuter train was involved in a collision from misreading the signals.
		The Moorgate underground train disaster in 1975, 43 killed, was never satisfactorily explained, or possibly was never satisfactorily investigated.
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		Train connections with the Zermatt ski resort in Switzerland were still not working, but on Friday bus lines were restored.
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		The train had been diverted to a relief line, parallel to the main, to let a fast mail pass.
		The driver misread the signals and steamed on, taking his train at speed on to the safety spur, where it ran out of track and overturned.
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	Archive News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This is all the more commendable as Shirley’s training had been limited by injury – her longest run in training was at the Bristol Half Marathon a week earlier.
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		The hours and hours of training covering hundreds of miles, the attention to diet and nutrition, the pre race preparation are all part of every marathon runner’s life, but it only takes one thing to go wrong on the day for hopes and dreams to be lost.
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	West Somerset Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Both the Carol Trains are now full, as is the “Coastal Belle” dining train on 14 December and the 4.45pm from Bishops Lydeard to Dunster by Candlelight on the 7th.
		As a direct consequence, this also meant the goods trains had to be cancelled — and shuttle services to Norton Fitzwarren were worked by a diesel railcar — though additional shunting demonstrations in Dunster yard were arranged at short notice as some compensation.
		However, from time to time the Railway receives requests from Train Operating Companies to undertake crew training and stock testing on our line (using the existing connection with the main line network at Norton Fitzwarren), and it is for this reason that the WSR decided to undertake the upgrade.
	www.wsra.org.uk /newswsr2002.htm (15857 words)

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		Going futher back in history, you've got the developments of continuous, fail-safe brakes which were resisted for a long time by railway companies and it took accidents like one of the ones at Penistone and the one at Armagh to force the issue.
		As the Uckfield line had been singled as part of a an economy drive there was plenty of track space to provide trap points and say a 300 yd sand drag to stop the errant train from fouling the single line on which the train from the opposite direction had right of way.
		Incidentally, the buckeye coupler is often mentioned in accident reports as having maintained the integrity of train i.e.
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	Re: Big train wreck in England! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Not quite right David, GWR started installing ATC which is a very different animal to the extemely expensive ATP, which was trialled by BR in the late 80 early 90's and found to be cost prohibative system wide.
		The GWR system could be over ridden by the Driver by cancelling the alarm as in the case of the Norton Fitzwarren accident in 1941.
		I believe the ASW was not operating in the case of the Southall disaster, it had been cut out due to a defect.
	www.railpage.org.au /ausrail/99october/msg00337.html (342 words)

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	West Somerset Railway LATEST NEWS
		Train operator First Great Western has announced a new date for its train evacuation exercise which is designed to test the effectiveness of information notices, safety lighting and other emergency procedures.
		From Bishops Lydeard the train was due to be hauled by a class 47 to Westbury, but as a suitable dual braked class 47 was unavailable, EWS sent class 37-37065 in Mainline blue light engine from Didcot yard to do the honours.
		The Pathfinder train and its passengers leaves Minehead on the same afternoon but 6024 will be having a longer stay at the seaside, although hardly a restful one.
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	Backtrack Volume 19 (2005)
		District steam trains ran to Upminster between 1902 and 1905 (and were subsequently resumed by electric trains once the new tracks were opened by the LMS).
		Scantlebury's late running train was still in Cornwall when the last down train (the 17.00pm from Paddington) arrived in Plymouth at 01.15 and this was climbing the bank out of Totnes, where the local paper reported that it was still hauled by No.3557, at the time that Europa is claimed to have left Plymouth.
		Hill prosiacally notes the uncertain economics of the train west of Plymouth: he might have done better to compare its success with the inferior travel now imposed on rail travel to another English outpost: the North Norfolk Coast where through carriages are long departed and connections are sometimes poor.
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	West Somerset Railway Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Railway is operating a full timetable of trains DAILY between Friday 27 December 2002 and Thursday 2 January 2003, with the Blue ’A’ timetable in use (featuring four trains each way) — details here.
		Several of the trains on the WSR in December have already sold out, and many others are loading well with only a few seats remaining.
		Virgin Trains has confirmed that one its Class 220 Voyager unit No 220 008 will be renamed Somerset Voyager in a ceremony on the WSR (exact location to be decided) during the “CrossCountry” weekend on 10-11 May 2003.
	www.wsra.org.uk /wsra2003/wsrnews2002oct.htm (4444 words)

	Re: Big train wreck in England! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The GWR system > could be over ridden by the Driver by cancelling the alarm as in the case of > the Norton Fitzwarren accident in 1941.
		> I believe the ASW was not operating in the case of the Southall disaster, it > had been cut out due to a defect.
		Its also worth noting that Railtrack has recently decided to fit TWPS to replace AWS at 'high risk' locations, TWPS (Train Warning and Protection System) being a sort of 'ATP Lite', giving absolute overspeed and trip protection, at less cost (this is the UK) than full ATP.
	www.railpage.org.au /ausrail/99october/msg00343.html (515 words)

	Camden Booklist Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Much has been written on the Forth and Tay bridges as engineering feats, and a disaster as far as the first Tay bridge is concerned, but little has been written about why and how they came to be built, something this rather good read sets out to correct.
		You see the train through the eyes of the signalmen and station masters, as well as the men who dealt with the mail en route.
		What makes the film special is that on the reversible lines between Templecombe and Yeovil the train was paced by the Southern Region filming saloon, and the bulk of the film is shot either from the saloon, or on the footplate of “City of Wells”.
	www.camdenmin.co.uk /BritRail.htm (6678 words)

	11/01/00 -- Climate News - 1 November 2000
		The Eurostar train service, linking London with Paris and Brussels, was out of commission, and France's famous high-speed trains limped along at half-speed, as winds gusting up to 90 mph tossed trees onto highways and rail lines.
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	Archive Issues 20 to 29
		All this is a shame because Robert Forsyth's text and captions are readable, detailed and interesting, and the range of publicity and tourist material shown is tremendous.
		Ian Winstanley's moving account of the disaster was actually written in 1990 but he felt that whilst it was the right time to make a record of the memories of those left the scars were still too fresh in people's minds for it to be published then.
		See 28 page 39 (carriages from Norton Fitzwarren accident) were conveyed to Swindon on Crocodile 11169: see Figures 211 and 2112 in Jim Russell's Freight wagons and loads in service on the Great Western Railway.
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	Reviews - South England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Perfectly situated in the heart of Brighton, opposite the Prince Regent's Royal Pavilion, it is also wonderfully convenient for late night trains (thus easily accessible from London), an array of good restaurants and, if you desire, a thoughtful late night stroll along the beach to savour the evening's theatre fare.
		Brighton is served by fast frequent train service from London Victoria B.R. Station and late night trains are available thus making an evening trip to Brighton Theatre Royal to see some of the excellent productions they host, perfectly viable.
		She joins Tommy, Dick and Alderman FitzWarren for an alternative, energetic, and extremely funny rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas.
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