Quintinshill rail disaster
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title:
Quintinshill rail disaster
text:
The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It resulted in the deaths of over 200 people and remains the worst rail disaster in British history. The Quintinshill signal box controlled two passing loops, one on each side of the double-track Caledonian Main Line linking Glasgow and Carlisle. At the time of the accident, both passing loops were occupied with goods trains,
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1915 railway accident in Scotland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_disaster
date created:
2004-04-29T12:41:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T08:26:24Z
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