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Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster (2015)

ALL 05/20/2015 (en) Documentary, History 60 Min
  • Release
    05/20/2015
  • Production
    BBC Scotland, Finestripe Productions
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  • Original title
    Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster
  • Original language
    en
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Overview

Neil Oliver describes the worst ever railway accident in the UK, which happened a hundred years ago on 22 May 1915, in which three trains collided at Quintinshill near Gretna Green. One of the trains was a troop train taking soldiers to fight in World War I at the Battle of Gallipoli: many of the dead were in this train which caught fire due to escaped gas from the archaic gas lighting in the carriages. The cause of the crash was attributed to a catastrophic signalman's error, but Neil examines whether there were other contributory factors and whether there was a cover-up to prevent investigation of them, making convenient scapegoats of the signalmen.

  1. Ian Lilley

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster (2015) 60 Min

ALL 05/20/2015 (en)
Documentary, History
  • Release 05/20/2015
  • Production
    BBC Scotland, Finestripe Productions
  • Original title Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Neil Oliver describes the worst ever railway accident in the UK, which happened a hundred years ago on 22 May 1915, in which three trains collided at Quintinshill near Gretna Green. One of the trains was a troop train taking soldiers to fight in World War I at the Battle of Gallipoli: many of the dead were in this train which caught fire due to escaped gas from the archaic gas lighting in the carriages. The cause of the crash was attributed to a catastrophic signalman's error, but Neil examines whether there were other contributory factors and whether there was a cover-up to prevent investigation of them, making convenient scapegoats of the signalmen.

  1. Ian Lilley

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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