Southall Rail Crash, 1997
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Southall Rail Crash, 1997
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 23 Sep 1997
View NW from a passing train: ex-GWR Paddington - Reading main line, just east of Southall Station. Four days before, a High-Speed Train from Swansea, with defective Advanced Warning System (AWS) had collided at high speed with an empty stone train being shunted across its path - protected by adverse signals. The consequences, including seven people killed, were horrific.
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