EAW015600 ENGLAND (1948). The Wath Road Junction Derailment, Wath Upon Dearne, 1948

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Details

Title [EAW015600] The Wath Road Junction Derailment, Wath Upon Dearne, 1948
Reference EAW015600
Date 19-May-1948
Link
Place name WATH UPON DEARNE
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 445232, 400903
Longitude / Latitude -1.3179895433571, 53.502624007823
National Grid Reference SE452009

Pins

Breakdown crane lifting or preparing to lift a bogie from one of the derailed/crashed coaches

MB
Saturday 25th of January 2014 10:50:29 AM
The 11:45am London St Pancras-Bradford train was double-headed by two 'Jubilee' class 4-6-0s. The pilot engine was 5605 'Cyprus' and the train engine was 5609 'Gilbert and Elice Islands'

MB
Saturday 25th of January 2014 10:48:08 AM
I assume this was LMS 5609, and that the pilot engine had been removed by the time this view was shot

MB
Saturday 25th of January 2014 10:49:27 AM

User Comment Contributions

Full details of the accident can be gleaned from the official report that is available from here:

http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=1413

Brightonboy
Saturday 27th of February 2016 07:57:39 AM