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Item ID: 162367  
  

Salisbury Railway Disaster 1906 Old Postcard Train Wreck Wreckage Bicycle Street

Vintage Old Real Photo Photograph Photographic Picture Post card, Disasters, Wiltshire, Salisbury Railway Disaster. Train Wreck Wreckage, Bicycles, Street Scene. Crowd. Bridge. Church Cathedral Tower in background. July 3rd 06. / In the Salisbury rail crash of 1 July 1906, a LSWR boat train from Plymouth's Friary railway station to London Waterloo station failed to navigate a very sharp curve at the eastern end of Salisbury railway station. The curve had a speed limit of 30 mph, but the express had been travelling at more than 70 mph. The train was completely derailed, and smashed into a milk train and a light engine, killing 28 people.

Publisher: Whitfield Cosser Photo Southampton & Salisbury

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Salisbury Railway Disaster 1906 Old Postcard Train Wreck Wreckage Bicycle Street


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