Colombo crash at York

52D · Post by **52D** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:50 pm

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/features/his ... mmentsList

A well known crash is featured in a local Newspaper.

2512silverfox · Post by **2512silverfox** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:28 am

I am sure that I remember it being reported in detail in the Railway Magazine at the time. Possibly some one still has that copy?

52D · Post by **52D** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:01 pm

There has been a fair bit of discussion in another place.

manna · Post by **manna** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:10 am

G'Day Gents

There are a couple of pictures in Ken Hooles, 'The East Coast main lines since 1925', bet that made a bang !

manna

52A · Post by **52A** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:38 pm

Fell at the first hurdle!

adge · Post by **adge** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:38 pm

as a winner of the 2000 guineas, I bet he'd never seen one!
BTW I thought that generation of A1/A3s were all named after Derby winners....obviously not.

PinzaC55 · Post by **PinzaC55** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:17 am

I guess the copper investigating looked at the engine driver and said "Just one more thing........."?

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:47 pm

I was interested to see the pics of the crash, I was taken by my dad to see the scene soon after it happened, I alway thought it was a V2 that had hit the buffers as I always remembered it was a big engine. Here are some pics of the crash site taken today, you can still see where the bullnose to the stone is missing and the repair. The kiosk was boarded up for years afterwards.

giner · Post by **giner** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:20 pm

Heh! I see the lettering on the adjacent platform reads "PASSENGER LIFT". Did it once read "ENGINE LIFT"?

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