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	physics - Quintinshill rail crash
		The Quintinshill rail crash on 22 May 1915, which killed 227 people, was the worst ever rail crash in British history.
		Quintinshill, near Gretna Green in Scotland, was an intermediate block station with passing loops on the Caledonian Railway.
		Quintinshill is poorly known because most of the victims were military and it occurred during the First World War, but in terms of casualties and destruction it is by far the worst rail disaster in British history.
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Quintinshill (630 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Quintinshill rail crash
		The Quintinshill rail crash on 22 May 1915, which killed 227 people, was the worst ever rail crash in British history.
		Quintinshill, near Gretna Green in Scotland, was an intermediate block station with passing loops on the Caledonian Railway.
		Quintinshill is poorly known because most of the victims were military and it occurred during the First World War, but in terms of casualties and destruction it is by far the worst rail disaster in British history.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Quintinshill_rail_crash (781 words)

	Quintinshill rail crash
		The Quintinshill rail crash occurred on 22 May 1915, at Quintinshill, an intermediate block station on a double line with refuge loops on the Caledonian Railway near Gretna Green in Scotland.
		The Quintinshill signal box was also supplied with "lever collars", devices that should have been slipped over the signal levers to remind the signalmen not to move them until the obstruction had been cleared, but, despite written instructions, the signalmen had got out of the habit of using them.
		The Hawes Junction rail crash of 1910 also involved a busy signalman forgetting about a train on the main line, but because the signalman there was fully focused on his job, his momentary lapse was more excusable.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Quintinshill_rail_crash (1190 words)

	Lost track \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		In a 1937 leaflet on the evolution of rail transport, Charles E Lee wrote that a railway "is merely a specialised form of road designed to meet limited needs".
		Rails thereafter were made to a new specification, with a thicker "web" - the spine that joins railhead to railfoot - and a new weight of 113lb.
		When rails are expected to carry an extra stress, they are especially hardened at the factory by quenching them with water as soon as they leave the rollers, a process called "mill heat treatment".
	www.guardian.co.uk /hatfieldtraincrash/story/0,7369,466910,00.html (3424 words)

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		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.
		Rail transport Operations Stations Trains Locomotives Rolling stock History Terminology Terminology By country Disasters Modelling [edit this template] Trains Portal For other types of train see train (disambiguation) In rail transport, a train consists of a single or several connected rail vehicles that are capable of being move...
		Cover of the Hidden Inquiry report into the Clapham Junction rail accident The Clapham Junction rail crash was a serious railway accident involving two collisions between three commuter trains at 0810 on the morning of December 12 1988.
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	Quintinshill rail crash at AllExperts
		The Quintinshill rail crash occurred on 22 May 1915, at Quintinshill, an intermediate block station on a double line with refuge loops on the Caledonian Railway near Gretna Green in Scotland.
		The Quintinshill signal box was also supplied with "lever collars", a device fitted to the signal levers to remind the signalmen not to clear that signal because of some obstruction, but, despite written instructions, the signalmen had got out of the habit of using them.
		The Hawes Junction rail crash of 1910 also involved a busy signalman forgetting about a train on the main line, but because the signalman there was fully focused on his job, his momentary lapse was more excusable.
	en.allexperts.com /e/q/qu/quintinshill_rail_crash.htm (1275 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Quintinshill rail crash
		Involving five separate trains, the crash killed 227 people and in terms of casualties is by far the worst rail crash in the UK.
		The Quintinshill disaster would have been avoided if the line had been equipped with track circuits, which detect the presence of trains and can prevent the signals being changed to "clear".
		The Quintinshill signal box was also supplied with "lever collars", devices that should have been slipped over the signal levers to remind the signalmen not to move them until the obstruction had been cleared, but, despite written instructions, the signalmen had got out of the habit of using them.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_crash (1286 words)

	Thirsk rail crash Information
		The Thirsk rail crash occurred on November 2 1892, on the North Eastern Railway near Thirsk in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England.
		The day before the crash, his child was taken ill and died.
		Holmes was extremely distressed and had been awake for 36 hours, administering to the child, trying to find the local doctor and comforting his distraught wife.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Thirsk_rail_crash (387 words)

	Quintinshill Rail Disaster - Online Memorial - Gallery - Timeline - Memories
		Quintinshill: Rail Disaster 1915 In the early hours of Saturday, 22nd May 1915, almost five hundred officers and men of the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) boarded a troop train at Larbert station, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
		The signalman in charge at Quintinshill, James Tinsley, had quite simply forgotten about the empty coal train which was left standing there in the path of the 70 mph troop train, but the nightmare was about to become worse as, less than a minute later, he noticed the oncoming northbound express from London.
		Many who had survived the first crash were killed of seriously injured by the second impact and the ferocious fire that followed.
	www.militaryremembered.com /memorialtemplates/displaymemorial.php?memid=351 (450 words)

	Quintinshill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The small rail junction of Quintinshill near the Scottish border entered history this morning as the scene of the worst rail crash in British history.
		At 6 AM signalman James Tinsley was late for work leaving his fellow worker George Meakin, from the night shift, in charge for the arrival of two express trains : One from the North carrying passengers and a troup train from the South with 500 soldiers with their complete equipment and ammunition on board.
		The devastating shock of the collision was followed one minute later by the crash of the South-bound express into the burning inferno of the first two trains.
	www.ac-orleans-tours.fr /anglais-liens/sitecalendrier/mai/quintinshill/quintinshill.htm (244 words)

	'If only...' isn't good enough \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		On October 17 2000, four passengers died and dozens were injured because a faulty rail hadn't been replaced: instead, it crumbled under the friction of the 12.10 from King's Cross to Leeds and threw the train from the tracks.
		The most famous, as well as one of the most explicable in British railway history, happened on May 22 1915, at Quintinshill near the Scottish border on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.
		On the morning of May 22, however, the line at Quintinshill was unusually busy while Tinsley was preoccupied with his copying in the log.
	www.guardian.co.uk /hatfieldtraincrash/story/0,,1564913,00.html (723 words)

	Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - Scotland's People - Carnage beyond belief on UK's rails
		One minute after the crash, and with debris scattered over a wide area of both lines, the late-running north-bound express from London arrived at Quintinshill.
		Rail workers made frantic efforts to stop it but it ploughed straight through, mowing down many soldiers who had survived the first collision and were trying to help their injured colleagues.
		The 64 healthy survivors of the crash were taken to Liverpool but were in such a state of shock that most were sent home.
	heritage.scotsman.com /people.cfm?id=20852006 (1113 words)

	1952 rail crash victims remembered
		The 50th anniversary of Britain's worst peace-time rail crash is being commemorated on Tuesday.
		A total of 108 passengers and four rail crew were killed and nearly 350 people injured.
		The worst UK rail accident was in 1915 at Quintinshill, in Scotland, when a passenger train collided with a wooden train carrying troops.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2002/October/bbc081002.htm (308 words)

	Railroad Accidents — Infoplease.com
		163 killed and 400 injured when train crashed into wreckage of collision between inbound freight train and outbound commuter train.
		passenger train crashed due to failed brakes, killing 119 and injuring at least 80 people.
		runaway rail cars, loaded with fertilizer, petrol, and sulfur products, rolled 31 mi down the rails, caught fire, and exploded, killing more than 320 and devastating 5 villages.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0001450.html (1124 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Chronology of rail crashes
		A broken rail was found to be the "substantial" cause of the accident.
		But the £750m price tag was considered too high by British Rail and the government, immediately prior to privatisation in 1993, and implementation of the safety system was ruled out.
		The UK's worst train crash was on May 22, 1915, when a wooden troop train and a passenger train collided at Quintinshill near Gretna Green, killing more than 200 people.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/465475.stm (930 words)

	Hawes Junction rail crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hawes Junction rail crash occurred on December 24, 1910, on the Midland Railway's Settle and Carlisle mainline at the junction with the Wensleydale Railway in Westmorland (now Cumbria), England.
		The Quintinshill rail crash also involved a signalman forgetting about a train on the main line.
		Thirsk rail crash - an overtired and ill signalman dozes off and forgets about a train waiting at his signals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hawes_Junction_rail_crash (520 words)

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		It was the second of these trains that was involved in the crash.
		The Signalmen at Quintinshill, anxious to complete their paperwork, simply forgot the local train which should have been shunted on to a loop line but which was sitting directly outside their signal box and gave the all clear signal for the troop train to come through.
		The impact was so great that the troop train was crushed to less than half its normal length and the wreckage overturned on to the northbound line.
	www.fettes.com /scotsatwar/AZindex/g/gretnagreen.htm (292 words)

	QUINTINSHILL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Many men having survived the initial crash were mown down by the second, in fact Peter Stoddart "the last survivor" of the Troop Train was extremely lucky.
		A "lowly pay-clerk" travelling at the rear of the train, he was knocked out by the first crash, recovered enough to escape onto the track and then re-gained consciousness flying through the air after the second.
		Many had accompanied the wounded to hospital; an unknown number had used their initiative and vanished over the fields never to be officially accounted for, some of whom I heard about from descendants, but most were lost in the fire.
	homepages.enterprise.net /iainlogan/railway/quint.html (1101 words)

	Edinburgh to Inverness via Stirling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		At Quintinshill near Gretna Green in the Borders, the train was involved in an accident with two other trains.
		Due to signalling errors a train standing on the main line was overlooked and the troop train was accepted and ran into the rear of the stationary train.
		He died in a car crash in 1917 and was cremated in a Hollywood cemetery where there is a marker to him.
	www.lawrieweb.com /eis/eis04.html (1710 words)

	List of Disasters Encyclopedia Article @ Befell.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Malaysia crashed on takeoff from November 11 with 20 fatalities
		Marshall University (Russia Aeroflot Armenia Ilyushin 18 air disaster, February 24) 72 killed; crashed on landing approach to July 24, March 11.
		January 28 crashes after a valve is installed backwards, killing all 34 on-board.
	www.befell.net /encyclopedia/List_of_disasters (2599 words)

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		The signalman in charge at Quintinshill, James Tinsley, had quite simply forgotten about the empty coal train which was left standing there in the path of the 70 mph troop train, but the nightmare was about to become infinitely worse as, less than a minute later, he noticed the oncoming northbound express from London.
		Many who had survived the first crash were killed of seriously injured by the second impact and the ferocious fire that followed.
		The Quintinshill crash remains to this day the worst disaster in the history of British railways.
	members.lycos.co.uk /hinckley8/train.html (393 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| 1952 rail crash victims remembered
		The 50th anniversary of Britain's worst peace-time rail crash was commemorated on Tuesday.
		A plaque in memory of the dead was unveiled and all 112 names were read out in front of survivors and representatives of the rail industry.
		At the service was Gilbert Powell, 64, who was just 14 when he broke off his journey to school to spend hours helping to rescue people from the wreckage.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2307691.stm (314 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Timeline: Rail crashes in the UK
		Timeline: Rail crashes in the UK The crash is the latest in a long line of British rail disasters
		The train crash on a level crossing in Berkshire joins a long list of fatal accidents to have blighted the UK's rail network over the past 50 years.
		The UK's worst train crash was on 22 May 1915, when a wooden troop train and a passenger train collided at Quintinshill near Gretna Green, killing more than 200 people.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3989465.stm (906 words)

	List of Disasters Encyclopedia Article @ Befell.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		On board were the entire United States 1946 team and several family members who were en route to the 2001 World Championships in 1893, Peru Faucett Boeing 737-200 air disaster.
		October 21 crashes after a valve is installed backwards, killing all 34 on-board.
		Ghotki rail crash (Poland LOT Ilyushin 62 air disaster, Soviet Air Force Antonov 22 air disaster) 137 killed
	www.befell.org /encyclopedia/List_of_disasters (2613 words)

	UK rail accident deaths
		The railways were privatised in 1993, but it is still surprisingly difficult to get all the figures together in one place.
		The total number of passenger deaths is from the Health and Safety Executive, which became responsible for rail safety in 1991.
		It is often said that rail deaths are dwarfed by road deaths and indeed they do.
	www.igreens.org.uk /uk_rail_accident_deaths.htm (490 words)

	The Young Foundation » No soul to be damned - Paul Barker
		Following on from a rail crash at Southall in 1997 (also seven dead), another at Ladbroke Grove in 1999 (31 dead) and Hatfield (four dead) in 2000, Potters Bar in 2002 left a moral about the 1993 railway privatisation, waiting to be drawn.
		After the Ladbroke Grove crash, John Prescott, as the minister in charge, said : “This must never happen again” and “Money is no object in ensuring safety on the railway.” After the Hatfield crash, trains everywhere juddered and slowed to a crawl while all rails were double-checked for faults (hence Ian Jack’s title).
		Jack ends his book with an evocation of a crash at Quintinshill, near the Scottish border, in 1915.
	www.youngfoundation.org.uk /index.php?p=99 (1385 words)

	Train Wrecks
		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.
		Investigators believe an act of sabotage caused the crash.
		The Taranto - Milan Eurostar EF 9414 is seen after it crashed into a car killing one occupant and critically injuring another, near Foggia Southern Italy, Dec. 26, 2002.
	www.mixedtraffic.net /downloads/wrecks.htm (655 words)

	Forrestdale Research - Gretna Rail Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		On 22 May 1915, a 213 yard long troop train was telescoped down to 67 yards, a third of its original length, when it was involved in a triple collision at Quintinshill, north east of Gretna, Dumfriesshire.
		The troop train ran into a train which had accidentally been left on the line, and a few seconds later an express from London, travelling in the opposite direction, crashed into the wreckage.
		Most of the fatal casualties, mainly recruited from Edinburgh and Leith, are buried at Rosebank Cemetery, Pilrig Street, Edinburgh.
	www.forrestdale.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Gretna.html (336 words)

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