Railway Accident at Cornholme - TAS001142
Accident, Chimney, Chimneys, Disaster, Event, Events, Mill, Railway, Railway Carriages, Railway line, Railways, Steam loco, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-29T19:15:09
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Charlestown Rail Disaster - TAS001091
Accident, Charlestown, Disaster, Railway, Railways
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:29:07
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Charlestown Rail Disaster - TAS001090
Accident, Charlestown, Disaster, Railway, Railways
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:28:53
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Charlestown Rail Disaster - TAS001089
Accident, Charlestown, Disaster, Railway,
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 "tearing up the rails as if they were wire". The engine ploughed into the embankment on the North side of the cutting.
The first carriage was ripped off its bogies, but stayed upright. The second carriage took most of the impact and was described as "smashed into matchwood". It was in this carriage that the deaths and most of the injuries occurred. The remaining carriages were all damaged with broken windows and splintered floorboards.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:28:41
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Charlestown Rail Disaster - TAS001088
Accident, Charlestown, Disaster, Railway, Railways
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:28:23
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Charlestown Rail Disaster - TAS001087
Accident, Charlestown, Disaster, Railway, Railways
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:28:10
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Charlestown Rail Disaster - TAS001086
Accident, Charlestown, Disaster, Railway,
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:27:56
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Notice of the Charlestown Railway Disaster - TAS001085
Accident, Disaster, Notice, Railway, Railways
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:27:39
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Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001084
Accident, Crane, Cranes, Diesel Engine, Disaster, Event, Events, Railway, Railways, Steam loco, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:27:22
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Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001083
Accident, Disaster, Event, Events, Railway, Railways, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:27:07
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Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001082
Accident, Cobbles, Disaster, Railway, Railways, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:26:37
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Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001081
Accident, Disaster, Event, Railway, Railways, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:26:16
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Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001080
Accident, Crane, Cranes, Diesel Engine, Disaster, Event, Railway, Railway line, Railways, Steam loco, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:25:59
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Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001079
Accident, Disaster, Event, Railway, Railways, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:25:39
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Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001078
Accident, Chimney, Chimneys, Disaster, Event, Mill, Railway, Railway line, Railways, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 diesel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:25:19
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Automobilia – BCC00141
Disaster, Lamp, Museum
Lamp display
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PHDA - Brian Collins collection
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Boiler Explosion, January 21st 1875 - TAL00246
Boiler, Disaster, Lord Bros, Todmorden
Dreadful boiler explosion at the premises of Messrs Lord Bros Ltd. Canal Street, Todmorden.
Six people were Killed and many seriously Injured. AN 70083257
Todmorden Antiquarian Society
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1875
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Nelson's Mill, Todmorden, 1973 - TNC00219
Fire, Nelson's Mill, Todmorden
After the fire.
Thomas Newell
Thomas Newell
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1973, 1970s
PHDA - Thomas Newell Collection
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Nelson's Mill, Todmorden, 1973 - TNC00218
Fire, Nelson's Mill, Todmorden
After the fire
Thomas Newell
Thomas Newell
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1973, 1970s
PHDA - Thomas Newell Collection
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Nelson's Mill, 1973 - TNC00204
Fire, Mill, Todmorden
After the fire.
Thomas Newell
Thomas Newell
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1973, 1970s
PHDA - Thomas Newell Collection
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Aftermath of a Fire at Nelson's Mill, Todmorden, 1972 - TNC00171
Dereliction, Fire, Mill Chimney, Todmorden
Thomas Newell
Thomas Newell
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1972, 1970s
PHDA - Thomas Newell Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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Portsmouth, Todmorden, 1972 - TNC00156
Mill, People, People at Work, Places, Portsmouth, Todmorden
Clearing up after a flood.
Thomas Newell
Thomas Newell
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1972, 1970s
PHDA - Thomas Newell Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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Portsmouth, Todmorden, 1972 - TNC00149
Lorry, People, People at Work, Places, Portsmouth, Todmorden, tractor
Clearing up after a flood.
Thomas Newell
Thomas Newell
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1972, 1970s
PHDA - Thomas Newell Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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Portsmouth, Todmorden, 1972 - TNC00147
Flood, People, People at Work, Places, Portsmouth, Todmorden, tractor
Thomas Newell
Thomas Newell
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1972, 1970s
PHDA - Thomas Newell Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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Portsmouth, Todmorden, 1972 - TNC00140
Flood, People, People at Work, Places, Portsmouth, Todmorden
Cleaning up after the flood.
Thomas Newell
Thomas Newell
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1972, 1970s
PHDA - Thomas Newell Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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