To supplement Phyllida Scrivens’s talk on the Thorpe Railway Disaster last Tuesday, here is a short film on the disaster of 1874. I didn’t realise that the Electric Train Tablet System was introduced as a result of this disaster. There is also a wonderful map at the start of all the Norfolk railways that existed at the time. Note the above picture that was taken by George Plunkett in 1955. Please select the following link and press play, you may need to move the red bar back to the start, you can skip the adverts and you can always give the film a thumbs up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q8A9GH_lBo&t=5s
Here is a more detailed account of the disaster. It goes into more detail on the miscommunication or was it just plain disobedience? Please select the following link to find out more:
https://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/blog/2014/09/the-thorpe-railway-disaster-1874/
Stay healthy!
Regards
Mike
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