Stafford

7.16 pm Saturday 7 December 1946

location Down fast line just south of Stafford no 4 signal box.

The 4.35 pm stopping passenger train from Coventry to Stafford was standing on the down fast line with engine opposite Stafford no 4 signal box when it was run into in the rear by the 3.45 pm express passenger train from Euston to Liverpool Lime street.

cause

signalman’s error,He accepted the Liverpool express before the stopping train had passed through the section.

Formation

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