RAILWAY ACCIDENTS

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Red for Danger, by L T C Rolt. John Lane (The Bodley Head) 1955, Pan 1960 and David & Charles 1966, 1976, 1982.

Historic Railway Disasters, by O Nock. Ian Allan 1966, 1969, 1983 and 1987, Arrow 1970 and subsequently, and BCA 1992 and subsequently.

British Railway Accidents of the Twentieth Century, by J Hamilton. George, Allan & Unwin, 1967.
Re-published as Disaster Down the Line. Javalin, 1987.

The Runaway Train Armagh 1889 by J R L Currie. David & Charles 1971

The Harrow Railway Disaster 1952 by L F E Coombs. David & Charles, 1977

Trains to Nowhere: British steam train accidents 1906-1960, by M Gerard. George Allen & Unwin, 1981

Rails to Disaster: More British steam train accidents 1906-1957, by M Gerard. George Allen & Unwin, 1984

Danger Signals, by S Hall. Ian Allan, 1987.

Obstruction Danger, by Adrian Vaughan. Patrick Stephens, 1989

Danger on the Line, by S Hall. Ian Allan, 1989

Railway Disasters - Cause and Effect, by Stanley Hall. PRC, 1992.
This is a combined reprint of Danger Signals and Danger on the Line

Signals to Danger, by J A Wells. Northumberland Library, 1992.

British Railway Disasters. Ian Allan, 1996.

Great Train Disasters, by G Kichenside. Parragon, 1997

Railway Accidents, by S Hall 1997.

Hidden Dangers: Railway Safety in the Era of Privatisation, by S Hall.
Ian Allan 1999

The HMSO have published accident reports virtually since the year dot. Only the most recent remain in print, although I believe photo-copies of earlier reports can be obtained at extortionate rates.

Accident reports for Clayton Tunnel (1861), Abergele (1868), Menheniot (1873), Armagh (1889), Norton Fitzwarren (1890), Abbots Ripton (1876), Canonbury (1881), Ais Gill (1913) and Quintinshill (1915) re-printed by Kay c1996.

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