Moorgate tube crash
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The Moorgate tube crash occurred on 28 February 1975 at 8:46 am on the London Underground's Northern City Line; 43 people died and 74 were injured after a train failed to stop at the line's southern t
The front three tube carriages after the crash
Interior of a 1938 stock carriage, the type present in the crash
Scale drawing of the crash, showing the size and position of the front three carriages before and after the impact
Firemen on the roof of the second carriage, examining the rear of the first
Dead man's switch
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A dead man's switch is a switch that is designed to be activated or deactivated if the human operator becomes incapacitated, such as through abandonment, drowsiness, loss of consciousness, death, or b
Moorgate tube crash
…carriage was concertinaed at the front as it collided with the first, and the third rode over the rear of the second. The brakes were not applied and the dead man's handle was still depressed when the train crashed. It took 13 hours to remove the injured, many of whom had to be cut free from the wreckage. With no services…
A pedal acting as a dead man's switch in a bucket lift truck
Dead-man's vigilance device (here a pedal) on the cab car of a German InterCity train