EAW015601 ENGLAND (1948). The Wath Road Junction Derailment, Wath Upon Dearne, 1948

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Details

Title [EAW015601] The Wath Road Junction Derailment, Wath Upon Dearne, 1948
Reference EAW015601
Date 19-May-1948
Link
Place name WATH UPON DEARNE
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 445213, 400903
Longitude / Latitude -1.3182760040773, 53.502625641805
National Grid Reference SE452009

Pins

Ground level view of wreckage

Billy Turner
Friday 26th of February 2016 06:55:45 PM
Stanier 'Jubilee' class three-cylinder 4-6-0 no 5609 'Gilbert and Elice Islands'. The train had been travelling at 60 to 65mph before the derailment

MB
Saturday 25th of January 2014 10:59:07 AM
Several coach bogies have become separated from their coach bodies

MB
Saturday 25th of January 2014 10:51:47 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
Friday 26th of February 2016 08:45:07 PM
The train consisted of 12 coaches and was the 11:45am London St Pancras to Bradford, hauled by two Jubilee 4-6-0s. It had set out from London the day before Aerofilms overflew the site. The crash happened because a section of the straight track had become distorted.

MB
Saturday 25th of January 2014 10:56:36 AM