Rosegrove Railway Accident, Burnley

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iBase ID

236794

Reference identifier

EBU20121029012

Title

Rosegrove Railway Accident, Burnley

Place

Burnley

General notes

This railway accident at Rosegrove occured when a coupling broke on some coal wagons that were being shunted in the sidings. 24 of the wagaons broke away and smashed through the buffers and the wall, seen here, on Rosegrove Lane. Fortunatly nobody was killed.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

15.8.11

Year of image

1964

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Locator

N3: Rosegrove

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