Quintinshill rail disaster
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The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It resulted in the deaths of
A burning carriage in the aftermath of the collisions
Site of the disaster photographed in 2014. Left to right: up loop; up main (where the first collision occurred); down main; down loop. The signal box was on the outside of the up loop.
The burned out remains of a carriage at the disaster scene
The roll call of the survivors of 1/7th Royal Scots after the accident
Caledonian Railway 721 Class
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The Caledonian Railway 721 Class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by John F. McIntosh for the Caledonian Railway and introduced in 1896. Taking their name from the estate in Perthshire
Quintinshill rail disaster
…and scrapped. The local train's locomotive had been No. 907 of the 903 Class (4-6-0 wheel arrangement). The troop train's locomotive was No. 121 of the 139 Class (4-4-0). The two locomotives of the express train which hit the wreckage a minute later, were subsequently repaired and returned to traffic - No. 140…
Dunalastair I No. 724 with Holden oil burners
SNCB-NMBS Class 16
SNCB-NMBS Type 17 No. 2414, built by Neilson Reid