Thursday, 18 February 2016

1915 Gretna Green rail crash

In 1915, 5 Trains (04:50 Goods ex-Carlisle, 06:17 Local ex-Carlisle, 05:50 Express ex-Carlisle, Empty coal wagons special, and Troop special) were all were involved in a crash at Quintinshill.
This crash was due to 2 signalmen breaking Rule 55.  The 06:17 ex-Carlisle crashed into the Troop Special, which was carrying all the Royal Scots which only a seventh survived, and the 05:50 ex-Carlisle crashed into the remains of the Troop special.  The 04:50 ex-Carlisle parked in the Up Loop and the Empty coal wagons special parked in the Down loop, causing the 06:17 ex-Carlisle on the Down Line to reverse onto the up line.

The accident occurred at 06:50 GMT.  226 people died, and 246 got injured.

For more information go here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_disaster

This is a animation of what happened:

Monday, 1 February 2016

#StormGertrude

In the UK, there was a big storm called Storm Gertrude (Storm Henry either morphed into Gertrude or switched places with Gertrude), which hit Scotland so fast, like 70/80-90 mph winds.

Sorry I had no pics, but my dad had to catch the 1/A/E to Dumbarton, then catch a taxi from Dumbarton to Helensburgh.

Lock your homes secure cause Storm Henry is here now.

Byebye!