Brighton Express Disaster Stoats Nest, Train Wreck, 29 January 1910 Old Postcard

Vintage Old Real Photo Photograph Photographic Picture Post card, Disasters, Brighton Express Disaster at Stoats Nest, Railway Train Wreck Wreckage, 29 January 1910. Railroads. Night.

Publisher: Batchelder Bros Croydon
Background: On 29 January 1910 the Brighton to London express split in 2 when passing points at the station and the rear part of the train, consisting of two third-class carriages and a Pullman, derailed and crashed into the platform at 40 mph. 7 people were killed and 8 seriously injured. The US Consul General, Robert Wynne, was travelling in the Pullman but was unhurt. The subsequent enquiry determined that one wheel of a carriage had become detached from its axle. The station was renamed a year later.

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Brighton Express Disaster Stoats Nest, Train Wreck, 29 January 1910 Old Postcard

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