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This site would not be the way it is without the help of a number of people who have volunteered their time to scan documents for the site, or have entrusted us with items on loan. We are deeply endebted to:

Gregory Beecroft
Marcus Bellew
Gavin Bennett
Mike Bennett
Wobbly Bob
Stephen Bramley
Ian Brightmore
John Campbell
Frank Cheevers
D. Crawford
John Creed
Stephen Dexter
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Peter Dixon
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Clive D. W. Feather
Roger W.B. Gaff
Peter Gibbons
Dr John Gough
Ross Hamilton
Stephen Hempsall
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Stuart Johnson
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Alan Jones
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Harry Knox
Rob Latham
Paul Lemon
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Nick Tindall
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Barry Turvin
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J. Wills
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Christian Wolmar

Thanks are also due to Dr Peter Lewis and Mal Clark for their assistance in sourcing the Tay Bridge documents.

A number of people have also assisted with other parts of the site. So thanks to:

Stuart Johnson for supplying a complete set of 20th century accident data and allowing its use in the archive.

John Dixon for supplying a copy of his complete 19th century accident listing (thus saving us thousands of manhours of work) and allowing its use in the archive.

John at The Signal Box (www.signalbox.org) for the use of his railway company data.

FreeFoto.com (www.freefoto.com) for the use of some of the photos on this site.

The Republic of Pemberley (www.pemberley.com) for the Rowlandson image which adorns our homepage.

Chetham's Library (www.chethams.org.uk) for the image of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.

 

...and most of all, thanks to my wife Claire for keeping the tea flowing, and putting up with the PHP-related swearing essential to building this site. I love you.

 
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Report by Major J. W. Pringle, R.E., on the Fatal Collision that occurred on the 2nd September, 1913, between two Passenger Trains near Ais Gill, on the Midland Railway
 

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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Instow on 4th January 1859
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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Lisadian Bridge on 25th January 1859
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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Ormskirk on 10th March 1859
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