British Train Disasters

Yorkshire Train Disaster (1948)

Eight people killed and many injured in London to Bradford express train crash.

Selected Originals - Manchester Railway Disaster AKA Train Crash (1953)

Material relating to the newsreel story "Manchester Railway Disaster (aka Train Crash)" - 53/63.

Selected Originals - Inquiry - Harrow Rail Disaster (1952)

Material relating to newsreel story 'Inquiry' - 52/85.

Scottish Train Disaster

Teams at work to rescue survivors at site of horrific train crash at Castle Cary.

Scotch Express Wrecked (1931)

Steam train 'The Royal Scot' crashes in Bedfordshire killing 6.

Salt Coats Train Disaster (1939)

Footage of wreckage of train crash in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Railway Collision Near Bedford (1938)

Scenes of the wreckage of two steam trains after a crash near Bedford.

Harrow Rail Crash (1952)

Film of the operation to clear the debris of the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash.

Rail Crash At Finsbury Park (1959)

Train wreckage at Finsbury Park.

Terrible Rail Disaster - Lytham Liverpool - Blackpool Express Crash

Pictures of wreckage of horrific rail crash.

Third In A Week - Express Sleeper Crashes (1946)

London to Newcastle express train crashes into derailed wagons in County Durham.

Train Crash (1968)

11 people die when train and transporter crash at level crossing. Hixon, Staffordshire.

Tube Train Crash - Stratford (1953)

Two tube trains crash in a tunnel near Stratford Station on the London Underground.

Trent Valley Train Crash AKA Trent Valley Rail Crash (1946)

Pathe cameraman takes aerial shots of train crash in Staffordshire.

Train Crash At Paddock Wood (1961)

Train crash at Paddock Wood, Kent.

Train Crash At Browney (1946)

Rescuers at work at scene of Browney train crash.

Train Crash At Barnes (1955)

Shots of people clearing away train wreckage after crash at Barnes, London.

Train Crash - Slough - July 1941

Train crash in Slough, Berkshire.

Train Crash AKA 55 Die In Train Derailment (1967)

Aftermath of train derailment at Hither Green.

Train Crash (1961)

Wrecked train carriage and crash area, Picton New South Wales.

Police Inquire Into Rail Crash At Elm Park Believed Caused By Deliberate Obstruction On Line (1965)

Various shots of wrecked train.

Marden - Train Crash (1969)

Item showing wreckage of express train which crashed at Marden, Kent.

Dublin To Belfast Train Crash At Rush (1963)

Train from Dublin to Belfast crashes at Rush and Lusk.

18 Die, 70 Hurt In Doncaster Train Crash (1947)

Death and injuries follow a terrible railway crash near Doncaster.

5 Die In Rail Smash (1958)

Deaths in railway crash at Eastbourne station.

Another Fog Disaster (1958)

10 people die in railway crash near Dagenham - Foggy conditions make rescue work hard.

After The Crash (1922)

Footage of the wreckage from train crash at North Walls, Republic of Ireland (Eire, Southern Ireland).

Aftermath Of Train Crash & Air Camera Footage (1946)

Scene of Trent Valley rail crash from ground and air.

Aftermath Of Train Crash Gidea Park 1947 (1947)

Wreckage of train crash at Gidea Park. Essex.

Croydon Train Crash Many Killed (1947)

Many are killed in railway crash in South Croydon.

Exercise 'disaster' (1965)

A staged train crash tests skills of emergency services. Kent.

Express Train Disaster (1928)

Shots of a wrecked steam train at Shepreth in Cambridgeshire.

Fatal Train Crash Near Warrington

Fast London to Blackpool train collided with a local motor train with fatal consequences.

Many Killed In Train Wreck (1951)

A train crash kills several people and injures many more in Weedon, Lancashire.

Manchester Railway Disaster AKA Train Crash (1953)

Ten dead and fifty-nine injured as rail coach topples eighty feet from viaduct.

London Train Smash (1937)

Two trains collided near Battersea Park Station.

London Bridge Train Crash (1948)

Train crashes into another train at London Bridge station.

Inquiry - Harrow Rail Disaster (1952)

Scenes from the public inquiry into the terrible event of the Harrow & Wealdstone train crash.

Holiday Season Train Disaster (1931)

A train crash in Essex kills 2 and injures many on a train carrying Christmas shoppers.

Hatfield Train Crash (1939)

Footage of the wreckage of a train crash in Hatfield, Greater London.

Four Fold Train Collision

A Staffordshire train diver was killed, and many more deaths were narrowly averted, when four goods trains collided in Hertfordshire.

Fatal Train Collision (1933)

A train crash in London kills 5 when an Express hits a local train to Alton.