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
The Caledonian Railway 49 Class and 903 Class were 4-6-0 express passenger locomotives designed by John F. McIntosh and built at the Caledonian Railway's own St. Rollox Works in 1903 and 1906 respecti
CR 903 Cardean in 1906.
Locomotive No. 49 in 1903
No. 903 "Cardean"