Community remembers 35 lives lost in Castlecary rail disaster [Falkirk Herald]
Date: 12/12/2023
One of the UK's worst rail disasters was remembered on Sunday as the Provost of Falkirk joined members of the Castlecary community for an annual memorial service.
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Castlecary Disaster - Colin Hope
Colin Hope, who cycled in heavy snow to the aftermath of the Castlecary Disaster (10th of December 1937), writes ...Imagine
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On 10 December 1937 at Castlecary, A3 Pacific 'Grand Parade' on an Edinburgh to Glasgow express, travelling at 60 mph in a snowstorm, ran into the rear of a stopped Dundee to Glasgow train. 35 passengers were killed and 179 injured. The cause seems to have been a signal fault, with the drivers of both the Dundee and Edinburgh trains insisting that the down distant was at clear, this possibly caused by the snow.
Location: Castlecary
Company: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
24/01/2015 Colin Miller
On 10 December 1937 at Castlecary, A3 Pacific 'Grand Parade' on an Edinburgh to Glasgow express, travelling at 60 mph in a snowstorm, ran into the rear of a stopped Dundee to Glasgow train. 35 passengers were killed and 179 injured. The cause seems to have been a signal fault, with the drivers of both the Dundee and Edinburgh trains insisting that the down distant was at clear, this possibly caused by the snow.
Location: Castlecary
Company: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
24/01/2015 Colin Miller
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