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Welwyn Tunnel rail crash
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Date9 June 1866
23:36
LocationWelwyn, Hertfordshire
Coordinates51°50′10″N 0°11′10″W / 51.836°N 0.186°W / 51.836; -0.186
CountryEngland
LineEast Coast Main Line
Incident typeCollision
CauseGuard failed to protect the train
Statistics
Trains3
Deaths2
Injured2
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The Welwyn Tunnel rail crash took place in Welwyn North Tunnel, north of Welwyn (now Welwyn North) station on the Great Northern Railway, on 9 June 1866.[1] According to L T C Rolt, "from the point of view of damage to engines and rolling stock it was one of the most destructive in railway history."[2]

  1. ^ Rich, Capt F H (1866). Accident Returns (PDF). Board of Trade.
  2. ^ Rolt, L.T.C. (1976). Red for Danger. Pan. ISBN 0-330-25555-X.

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