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LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth

Polesworth Station: lnwr_pol3106

An aerial view of the derailed boat train looking towards Euston with the locomotive nearest to the camera

An aerial view of the derailed boat train looking towards Euston with the locomotive nearest to the camera. The MoT report stated that 'the train was crowded with about 800 passengers of whom some 130 were standing, and I regret to report that four passengers were killed outright and one succumbed later in hospital. Nineteen passengers were detained in hospital with serious injuries, and a further 45 persons, including six members of the dining car staff, and a travelling carriage cleaner, sustained minor injuries or shock. The driver and fireman were uninjured, and the former went forward at once to protect the opposing lines.'

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