| Honouring rail crash victims at Norton Fitzwarren Posted by grahame at 18:44, 17th November 2018 |     |
Railway accidents have never been common - and some place names stick in the memory for just one accident - such as Quntinshill and Tay Bridge. But there are a very, very few that have been unfortunate to feature several times - and one of this is Norton Fitzwarren.
BBC Somerset reports
The victims of two rail crashes that happened in the same village 50 years apart have been honoured with a plaque.
In 1890, 10 people were killed and 11 seriously injured when a passenger train and a goods train collided at Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton.
In 1940, a sleeper train carrying 900 people went through a set of points and off the rails at 40mph, killing 27 people and injuring 75 others.
In 1890, 10 people were killed and 11 seriously injured when a passenger train and a goods train collided at Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton.
In 1940, a sleeper train carrying 900 people went through a set of points and off the rails at 40mph, killing 27 people and injuring 75 others.
| Re: Honouring rail crash victims at Norton Fitzwarren Posted by Electric train at 21:16, 17th November 2018 | |
Also here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06s2ttr?fbclid=IwAR2nbmG-r1mt5FyWqkprlcloPnzmb5m6s_0pIbAIKfHEM2s-gxt4F5YoR00 an 30 in BBC Sounds program.
