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The engine hauling the train was LNER 4472 - The Flying Scotsman, the Blackpool Belle. Possibly Horsfall Tunnel

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On the 21st of June the 2.45 from Rochdale and Liverpool approached the infamous Charlestown curve at about 40 miles per hour and left the line, killing four passengers.

Although off the rails, the train was carried for a further 100 yards…

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In the foreground a passenger train on the Todmorden-Burnley line, the Copy Pit Line.
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