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Report on the Accident at Hopton Incline (Cromford & High Peak) on 6th October 1937

Document Summary

The report on the derailment of a freight train at Hopton Incline in 1937.

This document was published on 17th December 1937 by Ministry of Transport.

It was written by Lieut. Colonel E. Woodhouse (RE).

This item is linked to the Accident at Hopton Incline (Cromford & High Peak) on 6th October 1937

The original document format was Bound Volume, and comprised 6 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from Office of Rail and Road and is in our Accident reports collection. It was added to the Archive on 20th April 2008.

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"The whole of the 8.35 a.m. freight train from Middleton to Parsley Hay, consisting of four laden wagons and a 20-ton brake van, drawn by 0-6-0 type outside cylinder side tank engine No. 27521, running chimney first, left the rails at the foot of Hopton Incline; it was apparently travelling at a speed of about 45 miles an hour, preparatory to rushing the gradient. The engine, three of the wagons, and the brake van rolled down a 25 ft embankment; they came to rest in a public road and were seriously damaged. The remaining wagon, originally the leading wagon of the train, was derailed towards the opposite side of the track, and remained on the embankment."

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