Harrow And Wealdstone Rail Crash

[MattyH]

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Harrow and Wealdstone Rail Crash in which 112 people lost their lives, more information on the rail crash can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_and ... rail_crash

and Recollections of a rescuer interview can be found here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19818280

 

[DiogoJ42]

For a second there I thought this was a new crash!

I never knew AWS was that old though. I thought it was a much more recent invention. (Or am I thinking of TWPS?)

 

[davewazere]

TPWS is the recent one (8 years)