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Report on the Accident at Doncaster on 26th December 1930

Document Summary

The report on the collision of an excursion train with a goods train at Doncaster in 1930.

This document was published on 17th February 1931 by Ministry of Transport.

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

This item is linked to the Accident at Doncaster on 26th December 1930

The original document format was Bound Volume, and comprised 4 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from Office of Rail Regulation and is in our Accident reports collection. It was added to the Archive on 1st December 2008.

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"Shortly after starting from Doncaster (Central) Station, the 8.0 p.m. special excursion train, Leicester to Leeds, when approaching Frenchgate signal box came into sidelong collision with the rear part of the 8.45 p.m. goods train from Doncaster (Decoy Yard) to York, which was passing over the junction between the down South Yorkshire goods line and the down main line. The driver and fireman of the excursion train, and the guard of the goods train, together with one passenger in the former train, were injured or suffered from shock; only one of these, the excursion train driver, was detained in hospital."

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