Rail Accidents In Winsford (other)
There have been three major rail accidents and one notable incident near in Cheshire: * 1948 Winsford railway accident - 1948 * Coppenhall Junction railway accident - 1962 * 1965 Winsford railway accident - 1965 * 1999 Winsford railway accident On 23 June 1999, a Virgin Trains electric express train from London Euston to Glasgow Central, hauled by Class 87 No 87027 ''Wolf of Badenoch'', ran into an empty First North Western four-carriage Pacer unit, injuring 27 people. The express had ...

Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county town is the cathedral city of Chester, while its largest town by population is Warrington. Other towns in the county include Alsager, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Frodsham, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Middlewich, Nantwich, Neston, Northwich, Poynton, Runcorn, Sandbach, Widnes, Wilmslow, and Winsford. Cheshire is split into the administrative districts of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Halton, and Warrington. The county covers and has a population of around 1.1 million as of 2021. It is mostly rural, with a number of towns and villages supporting the agricultural and chemical industries; it is primarily known for producing chemicals, Cheshire cheese, salt, and silk. It has also had an impact on popular culture, producin ...
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1948 Winsford Railway Accident
On 17 April 1948, 24 people died when the 17:40 Glasgow to London Euston train hauled by LMS Princess Royal Class 4-6-2 No 6207 ''Princess Arthur of Connaught'' was stopped after the communication cord was pulled by a passenger (a soldier on leave who presumably lived near Winsford and was seen to leave the train after it had stopped). The stopped train was then run into by a following postal express hauled by LMS Coronation Class 4-6-2 No 6251 ''City of Nottingham''. The collision happened at between and was so severe that only five of the ten passenger coaches could be pulled away on their wheels and only the rear eight of the 13 Postal coaches could be pulled back. 24 passengers were killed. The signalman at had, in error, reported the passenger train clear of the section and accepted the postal train. The person who pulled the emergency cord was a railway employee who worked as a signalbox lad in Winsford Junction, but was currently serving in the army having been called up ...
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Coppenhall Junction Railway Accident
On the evening of 26 December 1962, cold weather and snow in and around had caused points to become frozen and trains were being detained at signals. About midway between Winsford and Crewe, the 13:30 to London ''Mid-Day Scot'', hauled by an English Electric type 4 diesel, D215, with 13 coaches and 500 passengers, was stopped at a signal but the driver found the telephone to Coppenhall Junction, the next signal box ahead, out of order. Seeing the next signal ahead he decided to proceed down towards it and use the telephone there, but too fast. In the darkness he failed to notice the 16:45 express from to , hauled by an electric locomotive with eight coaches with 300 passengers, standing on the line ahead and collided with it at about . Trains and line The 4:45 PM Birmingham Train consisted of the train consisted of an electric locomotive hauling eight Mark 1 coaches. The final two cars of this train telescoped. The seventh carriage was a 1959 Open Second and the eighth ...
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1965 Winsford Railway Accident
On 5 June 1965, British Rail Standard Class 7 locomotive 70051 ''Firth of Forth'' was hauling a passenger train when a blowback of the fire occurred near Winsford, severely injuring both traincrew. Driver Wallace Oakes managed to safely bring the train to a stand, but both he and fireman Gwilym Roberts were severely injured. Oakes died a week later. He was awarded the George Cross The George Cross (GC) is the highest award bestowed by the British government for non-operational gallantry or gallantry not in the presence of an enemy. In the British honours system, the George Cross, since its introduction in 1940, has been ... and the Carnegie Hero Trust bronze medal for his actions. Class 86 locomotive 86 260 was later named ''Wallace Oakes G.C.'' in his honour. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Winsford Train and rapid transit fires Railway accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom Railway accidents in 1965 Railway accident deaths in England ...
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