| LEVEL CROSSING SMASH Train disaster at Wormley - train collided with lorry, four coaches wrecked. | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5531 |
| Catalog #: | 253557 | |
| Clip Number: | 253557-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 34/96 | |
| Timecode: | 01:30:14 - 01:31:37 | |
| Location: | Wormley, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Train Wrecks LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Passenger TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Steam Locomotive | |
| Description: | "LEVEL CROSSING SMASH - Engine and coaches derailed at Wormley." Wormley, Broxbourne, Herefordshire. Long shot of derailed train laying on its side with debris around. People walking around it. Pan along derailed and terribly smashed train. Several shots of the inside of the train and the debris outside. Crews have begun to clear the damage, and cranes are seen lifting passenger car sections. The tender is seen, it having flipped over the engine in the accident. More shots of the wrecked train, crowd watching behind the fence. The express train from Cambridge to London collided in fog with a lorry, killing the crew of the engine and wrecking four coaches. No passengers were injured. | |
WPA FILM LIBRARY
