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GWR 5101 class 2-6-2T Prairie No 5152 with Tyseley engineer's train coming to the rescue of the derailed Pontypool Rd Brakevan
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G Coltas
GWR 5101 class 2-6-2T Prairie No 5152 with Tyseley engineer's train coming to the rescue of the derailed Pontypool Rd Brakevan		 Close up of the derailed brakevan, a 20ton brakevan to diagram AA13, constructed between 1913 and 1918
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G Coltas
Close up of the derailed brakevan, a 20ton brakevan to diagram AA13, constructed between 1913 and 1918		 Looking down Broomfield Road showing the fourth coach being prepared for removal by the installation of temporary road placed underneath
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Coventry City Library
Looking down Broomfield Road showing the fourth coach being prepared for removal by the installation of temporary road placed underneath		 Rugby's breakdown crane, under the supervision of Mr Walton, is attached to the rear coach in preparation for its removal
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Coventry City Library
Rugby's breakdown crane, under the supervision of Mr Walton, is attached to the rear coach in preparation for its removal

An unknown LNWR 0-6-0 'Cauliflower' good engine stands on the Leamington to Coventry branch line whilst the engine crew look at the scene of chaos
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Coventry City Library
An unknown LNWR 0-6-0 'Cauliflower' good engine stands on the Leamington to Coventry branch line whilst the engine crew look at the scene of chaos		 Looking down Broomfield Road with three of the remaining carriages still standing across the junction with Albany Road
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Coventry City Library
Looking down Broomfield Road with three of the remaining carriages still standing across the junction with Albany Road		 View of the final stages of the carriage being recovered as it reaches the brow of the bank possibly the most critical phase of each coach's recovery
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Coventry City Library
View of the final stages of the carriage being recovered as it reaches the brow of the bank possibly the most critical phase of each coach's recovery		 View of the rear coaches which came to rest in Broomfield Road and the many spectators who came to visit
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Coventry City Library
View of the rear coaches which came to rest in Broomfield Road and the many spectators who came to visit

A side view of one of the coaches being manoeuvered up the bank by the locomotive pulling the coach with a steel hawser
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Coventry City Library
A side view of one of the coaches being manoeuvered up the bank by the locomotive pulling the coach with a steel hawser		 View of the fourth carriage being prepared for removal prior to the sleepers being placed at right angles to the carriage
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Coventry City Library
View of the fourth carriage being prepared for removal prior to the sleepers being placed at right angles to the carriage		 Another view of the four six-wheel carriages stranded at the junction of Albany Road and Broomfield Road with the break down crane ready to lift
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Coventry City Library
Another view of the four six-wheel carriages stranded at the junction of Albany Road and Broomfield Road with the break down crane ready to lift		 View of the temporary track installed to recover the remaining coaches after the removal of the fourth coach
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Coventry City Library
View of the temporary track installed to recover the remaining coaches after the removal of the fourth coach

Ex-LMS 3MT 2-6-2T No 40135 is seen with a derailed 57 ft ex-LMS brake adjacent to Coventry No 2 Signal box on 21st November 1959
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Evening Telegraph
Ex-LMS 3MT 2-6-2T No 40135 is seen with a derailed 57 ft ex-LMS brake adjacent to Coventry No 2 Signal box on 21st November 1959		 BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No 80081 is seen derailed and fouling the mainline inside the sidings of the old parcel depot
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R Reed
BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No 80081 is seen derailed and fouling the mainline inside the sidings of the old parcel depot
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R Reed
Stanier 2-8-0 No 48262 runs away
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R Reed
Stanier 2-8-0 No 48262 runs away


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R Reed
The two cranes lift the 8F
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G Coltas
No 48262 being lifted
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G Coltas
Another view of the lift
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W Varney
An accident at the canal wharf, Bedworth


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Coventry Evening Telegraph
Ex-LNER 2-6-2 class V2 No 60828 derailed near Barby Sidings
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Coventry Evening Telegraph
LNER V2 No 60828 being rerailed
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Coventry Evening Telegraph
Close up of ex-LNER 2-6-2 class V2 No 60828
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Coventry Evening Telegraph
Lifting crane in action

View of ex-LMS 4-6-2 Coronation Scot class No 46244 'King George VI' is seen lying on its side buried in to the embankment
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RS Carpenter Collection
View of ex-LMS 4-6-2 Coronation Scot class No 46244 'King George VI' is seen lying on its side buried in to the embankment		 Another view of ex-LMS 4-6-2 Coronation Scot class No 46244 'King George VI' showing the tender and coaches standing upright
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RS Carpenter Collection
Another view of ex-LMS 4-6-2 Coronation Scot class No 46244 'King George VI' showing the tender and coaches standing upright		 Ex-LMS 4-6-0 Black 5 No 44716 is seen lying derailed under the GC bridge on the down line from Euston
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JG Click
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 Black 5 No 44716 is seen lying derailed under the GC bridge on the down line from Euston		 Rugby's brakedown train is seen rerailing mineral wagons alongside Rugby No 5 signal box with the goods yard in the distance
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Anon
Rugby's brakedown train is seen rerailing mineral wagons alongside Rugby No 5 signal box with the goods yard in the distance


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RS Carpenter Collection
GWR 0-4-4T 3521 class No 3556 is seen derailed after running throughthe buffers on the 7am through train from Birmingham Snow Hill
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RS Carpenter Collection
Close up of GWR 0-4-4T No 3556, one of William Dean's double-framed tank engines rebuilt from 0-4-2Ts
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NRM
View of GWR 4-4-0 Atbara class No 3382 'Mafeking' lying severly damaged on its side after the accident at Henley-in-Arden
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NRM
Another view of the derailed Atbara class locomotive and the coaching stock being attended by Tyseley shed's breakdown crane


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NRM
View of Tyseley shed's breakdown gang inspecting the damage caused to the first coach immediately behind the tender
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Warwickshire Records Office
View looking towards Leek Wooton
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Warwickshire Records Office
Close up of Leek Wooton view
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Warwickshire Records Office
Victoria Colliery Wagons


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Warwickshire Records Office
View looking towards Hill Wooton
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Warwickshire Records Office
Close up of Hill Wooton view
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Warwickshire Records Office
LNWR flat wagon		 View of GWR 2-8-2T No 7238 after running in to a Luftwaffe bomb crater at Budbrook near Hatton on 17th May 1941
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British Railways
View of GWR 2-8-2T No 7238 after running in to a Luftwaffe bomb crater at Budbrook near Hatton on 17th May 1941

Diesel railcar W20W has become derailed on the crossover at Stratford upon Avon and requires the attention of the Tyesley breakdown train
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TE Williams
Diesel railcar W20W has become derailed on the crossover at Stratford upon Avon and requires the attention of the Tyesley breakdown train		 GWR 2-6-0 No 7808 Cookham Manor in British Rail livery with the Tyseley Breakdown Train waiting at Stratford on Avon East Box
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TE Williams
GWR 2-6-0 No 7808 Cookham Manor in British Rail livery with the Tyseley Breakdown Train waiting at Stratford on Avon East Box