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The 1/7th Royal Scots and the Quintinshill Rail Disaster : 22 May 1915
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At the time of the First World War, Britain had a large number of railway companies each owning varying amounts of track and junctions. Often the point where companies’ tracks met became bottlenecks. One such junction was on the English-Scottish border at Gretna. In order to alleviate difficulties, a set of loops, sidings and signal boxes were cons…
The Quintinshill Rail Disaster
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David Carter The Quintinshill Rail Disaster The Quintinshill Rail Disaster happened on 22nd May 1915. This talk examines the events surrounding the multi-train rail crash near Gretna just over the Scotland/England border from Carlisle. With over 220 dead, it remains the worst crash in British rail history. …