On 6 January 1968, a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by a British Rail express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire, England.
The collision resulted in 11 deaths and 45 people injured, and led to improvements in signage around automatic level crossings.
transformer was struck by a British Rail express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire, England. The collision...
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There have been two railcrashes at Stafford in recent times: 8 March 1996 August 1990 A few miles away, there was the Hixonrailcrash on 6 January 1968...
Both railway companies were seeking in excess of US$75,000 each. Hixonrailcrash - historic case in UK that changed working practices on British railways...
2021, 220009 was named Hixon at Stafford railway station to commemorate the 11 lives lost and 45 Injured in the Hixonrailcrash of January 1968. List...
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1968. January 6 – The Hixonrailcrash occurs when a low-loader road transporter is...
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three sets of level crossing gates, before being stopped by a cleaner. Hixonrailcrash — 6 January 1968 – 11 killed. An abnormal load (120-ton electrical...
several hundred tons and a road train is used for transport. In the 1968 Hixonrailcrash, one such road train was struck by an express train on a level crossing...
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