Sonning Cutting railway accident - 24 December 1841: eight (later nine) dead

Sonning Cutting railway accident - 24 December 1841: eight (later nine) dead

Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:12, 26th December 2025

A candidate for addition to our 'On This Day' topic on the Coffee Shop forum, from Wikipedia - two days late, for which I do apologise: I only just became aware of it, this evening.

CfN.

Re: Sonning Cutting railway accident - 24 December 1841: eight (later nine) dead

Posted by grahame at 20:25, 26th December 2025

: Chris from Nailsea

A candidate for addition to our 'On This Day' topic on the Coffee Shop forum, from Wikipedia - two days late, for which I do apologise: I only just became aware of it, this evening.

CfN.

Added, and will come up next year. An early example of a cutting sliding onto the track

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