Farnley Junction Train Crash 1977

On the 5th of November, 1977, an incorrectly wired rectifier would lead to a head-on collision outside the village of Farnley…

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Railways Archive
https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=772
https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoT_Farnley1977.pdf

Weather Charts
https://www.weathercharts.org/railway/farnley.htm

Railcar co uk
https://www.railcar.co.uk/data/vehicle/51965
https://www.railcar.co.uk/data/vehicle/51959

46soton
https://www.47soton.co.uk/2023/06/peak-rail-diesel-gala-16th-april-2023_0411422440.html

jsb303 (Flicker)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/

Train In Trouble Vol.2 by Arthur Trevena (Book)

Lost Railways Of South & West Yorkshire by Gordon Suggitt (Book)

Lightless Dawn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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