The Little Salkeld rail accident occurred on 19 January 1918 in
Long Meg cutting, between
Little Salkeld and
Lazonby railway stations (about 15 miles south of
Carlisle
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on the
Settle-Carlisle Line).
As the 11 carriage 08:50
London St Pancras to
Glasgow St Enoch express approached the cutting, a heavy
landslip caused by a sudden thaw blocked both tracks ahead of the train. Just five minutes earlier a
platelayer had walked past the spot and seen nothing amiss. The engine, a
Midland Railway 1000 Class No. 1010, ploughed into the mass of clay at a speed of 50–60 mph,
telescoping the front two carriages.
Fusehill Military Hospital
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, both in Carlisle
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.
References
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