• Short Summary

    Fast London to Blackpool train collided with a local motor train with fatal consequences.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "FATAL TRAIN CRASH - near Warrington."

    Warrington, Lancashire.

    Various shots of the debris - derailed train engine and cars - steel, wood, wheels and glass laying scattered around. Several people looking on. The train crash happened when the the London - Blackpool train collided with a local motor train.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    797.29
    Media URN:
    9006
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    01/10/1934
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:55:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:46:07:00 / 01:47:02:00
    Canister:
    34/79

Comments (1)

  1. patrick_smyth says

    I believe this is the accident at Winwick Junction on 28th September 1934.
    For more info see: http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=101

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