77000 and accident at Hunslet
In June 1964 several Riddles 77xxx were transferred to Leeds, this one, No 77000, to Stourton and is seen passing in its direction, southwards through Hunslet. 4th October 1964.
The damaged coaches in the foreground were the result of an accident on 27 September 1964 to the 21.20 from St.Pancras-Edinburgh which comprised three empty milk tanks (behind the loco, a Class 45) and eight carriages which included two sleeping cars. Near Stourton one of the milk tanks derailed, but stayed in the formation for some distance, before causing more of the train to derail. Fortunately, the most serious injury was a broken finger. The report can be found at www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=1084
I have a faint memory of the Leeds United manager, Don Revie, being on the train on his way back from Cardiff.
The line on the bridge was a goods line that came off the GNR/LNER line at Beeston Junction and served Hunslet East Docks on the Aire & Calder Navigation, which had to be crossed by a swing bridge.
Details: Taken with a Zorki on FP3, this was actually the first of the sequence and I shall later re-arrange it in chronological order.
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77000 and accident at Hunslet
In June 1964 several Riddles 77xxx were transferred to Leeds, this one, No 77000, to Stourton and is seen passing in its direction, southwards through Hunslet. 4th October 1964.
The damaged coaches in the foreground were the result of an accident on 27 September 1964 to the 21.20 from St.Pancras-Edinburgh which comprised three empty milk tanks (behind the loco, a Class 45) and eight carriages which included two sleeping cars. Near Stourton one of the milk tanks derailed, but stayed in the formation for some distance, before causing more of the train to derail. Fortunately, the most serious injury was a broken finger. The report can be found at www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=1084
I have a faint memory of the Leeds United manager, Don Revie, being on the train on his way back from Cardiff.
The line on the bridge was a goods line that came off the GNR/LNER line at Beeston Junction and served Hunslet East Docks on the Aire & Calder Navigation, which had to be crossed by a swing bridge.
Details: Taken with a Zorki on FP3, this was actually the first of the sequence and I shall later re-arrange it in chronological order.
Copyright © Steve Banks - All rights reserved.