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1984 Eccles rail crash

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the leading two coaches. Fortunately, the leading coach was empty of passengers or the death toll would probably have been much higher. However, the express driver and one passenger were killed instantly, whilst another passenger succumbed to injuries a month later. A number of people received impact injuries and burns and many were also treated for smoke inhalation. Rescue efforts were assisted by the location of the accident, which was adjacent to the
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warning system to alert the driver to his error. In the absence of any conflicting medical evidence, the inquiry was forced to conclude that the driver had simply allowed his attention to wander and had missed the Eccles signals – it was testified by staff that it was rare for these signals to
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The force of the collision threw the rearmost tanker to the side, but the next two wagons were thrown into the air, with one falling back onto the passenger locomotive. The wagons were badly damaged and escaping fuel oil was ignited by the hot exhaust gases of the locomotive, setting fire to it and
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Shortly after 10:29, the freight train slowed down and stopped beside the Up section signal. At 10:35, when the driver telephoned the signal box, the signalman instructed him to pass the signal at Danger. Meanwhile, the signal preceding the freight train (number ES50), located just after
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adjusting rail gaps, a track circuit had failed, meaning that the Up signal section (number ES51) could not be cleared. As a result, all trains heading towards Manchester would have to be stopped and the drivers to be told to pass the signal at danger.
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had been affected by a maintenance gang working on the track nearby, but the inspector was satisfied that the signals which had been passed at danger were working properly and showing the correct aspects. They were, however, not fitted with the
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The report recommended that these signals be fitted with AWS, work which was quickly completed. The home signal was also fitted with a white backplate, in order to make it more visible against the road bridge that stands behind it.
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at danger, collided heavily with its rear at 10:37. It was estimated that the freight train was travelling at about 10mph, whilst the passenger train's speed was estimated to be between 50 and 60mph.
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The inquiry into the accident was inconclusive. There had been problems with the signalling in the area, and
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The freight train was starting to accelerate away when the passenger train, having passed both the Eccles
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No. 45147, seven passenger coaches and a parcels van. The freight train was 6E85, the 09:00 service from
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At around 09:00 on the morning of 4 December, the signalman at Eccles signal box found that, due to the
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indicates railway accidents and incidents resulting in at least 20 fatalities
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This article is about the 1984 rail accident. For the 1941 accident, see
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Danger Signals: an investigation into modern railway accidents
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The passenger train involved was 1E79, the 10:05 service from
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indicates the deadliest railway accident in British history
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Index

1941 Eccles rail crash

Eccles, Greater Manchester
Liverpool to Manchester Line
List of UK rail accidents by year
Eccles, Greater Manchester
oil tankers
passed a signal at danger
Liverpool Lime Street
Scarborough
Class 45
diesel locomotive
Stanlow Oil Refinery
Ellesmere Port
Leeds
Class 47
tanker wagons
fuel oil
maintenance crew
Eccles station
distant signal
home signal
M602 motorway
track circuits
AWS




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