Memorial to four enginemen, Stanwix Cemetery
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Memorial to four enginemen, Stanwix Cemetery
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 17 Apr 2011
The inscription on the front is quite worn. It says "Erected to the memory of four gallant men who lost their lives in the Dinwoodie railway disaster - 25th October 1928 - and were interred in this cemetery". The two drivers and two firemen died instantly when their double-engine passenger express collided with a broken down freight train. The primary cause was signaller error. A full report of the accident is available on the Railways Archive website http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2044 . Dinwoodie is on the West Coast Main Line, between Beattock and Lockerbie http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/832037 .
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Image Location
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54.917275
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-2.941764