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signals. He had given "line clear" for the express train to the preceding signal box before receiving the required clearance from the following signal box. Instead, he should have sent a "blocking back inside home signal" message to Bentley Heath, the preceding signal box, so that the express train could have been slowed in plenty of time by the Bentley Heath distant signal at caution. However, it was not determined at the enquiry whether the signalman had cleared the express before or after allowing the conflicting freight movement. This may have been academic if the express had been cleared before the freight train was permitted to foul the up main line, even if Regulation 4A had been obeyed.
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20 mph (32 km/h), before colliding with the freight train which was stationary on the same line, having stopped when the signalman showed the driver a red flag. The distant signal was only 902 yards (825 m) from Knowle's up main home signal, insufficient distance for the express to stop from 80 mph (130 km/h). The locomotive struck the loaded flat car crushing the cab, but without
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had forgotten he had signalled that the up main line was clear for the express train and allowed the freight train onto the same line, in its path. On receiving a "train approaching" signal for the express, he realised his mistake, but was only able to alert the freight train by red flag. Although it
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The crash occurred in fine dry weather, at around 1.10 pm. The express was travelling at its usual speed of around 80 mph (130 km/h) approaching the station when the driver noticed the Knowle and Dorridge distant signal at caution. He applied the brakes but was only able to reduce speed to
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As a contributory factor to the crash, it was found that the signalman, in clearing the express, had disregarded a standing order known as Regulation 4A, governing the safe operation of signals in sections of track where the minimum stopping distance for trains was greater than the distance between
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All four men on the freight train, the driver, fireman, shunter and guard, managed to jump clear before the collision. The driver, co-driver and second man on the express locomotive all died. One of the drivers killed in the accident was Ernie Morris, one of the first drivers to be certified on the
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manoeuvre, one that often occurred both before or after the express train had passed through the station. The express train was normally formed by a
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Report on the Collision that occurred on 15th August 1963 at Knowle and Dorridge in the London Midland Region, British Railways
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braked to a halt, it could not be cleared from the main line in time to avoid the collision.
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The Pullman was 9 coaches long, and was hauled by an 11-month-old diesel hydraulic
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indicates railway accidents and incidents resulting in at least 20 fatalities
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Leading end of diesel locomotive after withdrawal of carflat
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which slowed but could not stop before colliding with it.
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Knowle and Dorridge station
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List of UK rail accidents by year
Dorridge railway station
Warwickshire
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freight train
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Birmingham Pullman
Birmingham Snow Hill
London Paddington
shunting
Blue Pullman multiple unit
Class 52 "Western"
hopper wagon
Class 5101 no. 4111
brake van
flatcar
Land Rover
derailing
British Transport Film
signalman
signal box
List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom

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