Time 15:58 Rail line Settle-Carlisle Line Total number of deaths 7 Injuries 46 | Country England Date 19 January 1918 Operator Midland Railway Trains 1 | |
Location Long Meg cutting near Little Salkeld Cause Line obstructed (landslip) Similar Ilford rail crash, Weesp train disaster, Malbone Street Wreck, Great Train Wreck of 1918, Hammond Circus Train Wre | ||
The Little Salkeld rail accident occurred between Little Salkeld and Lazonby railway stations in Long Meg cutting on the Settle-Carlisle Line on 19 January 1918.
As the 11 carriage 08:50 London St Pancras to Glasgow express approached the cutting a heavy landslip caused by a sudden thaw blocked both roads ahead of the train. Just five minutes earlier a platelayer had walked past the spot and seen nothing amiss. The engine, a Midland compound No. 1010, ploughed into the mass of clay at a speed of 60 mph, telescoping the front two carriages and killing seven passengers.
The injured were taken the Cumberland Infirmary and Fusehill Military Hospital, both in Carlisle.
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