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Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster (2015)

Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster

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Documentary, Historical

May 20th, 2015

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Neil Oliver describes the worst ever railway accident in the UK, which happened a hundred years ago on 22 May 1915, in which three trains collided at Quintinshill near Gretna Green. One of the trains was a troop train taking soldiers to fight in World War I at the Battle of Gallipoli: many of the dead were in this train which caught fire due to escaped gas from the archaic gas lighting in the carriages. The cause of the crash was attributed to a catastrophic signalman's error, but Neil examines whether there were other contributory factors and whether there was a cover-up to prevent investigation of them, making convenient scapegoats of the signalmen.

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Cast

Neil Oliver
Self - Presenter
Mat Urey
James Tinsley
Steve Pearson
George Meakin
Lorne MacFadyen
James Arnott
Alasdair Hankinson
Peter Cumming
Robert Watson
Self - The Royal Scots
David Howell
Self - University of York
Archie Tassell
Self - Son of Frederick Tassell, Photographer - Recorded in 1984
Simon Cummins
Self - Signalman, Network Rail
Anson Jack
Self - Railway Safety and Standards Board
Full cast & crew

Directors

Ian Lilley
Full cast & crew

Producers

Ewan Angus
executive producer: BBC
Katie Lander
executive producer
Alex Leithead
assistant producer
Full cast & crew

Keywords

disaster
railroad
world war i

Country of Origin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Languages

English

Release Dates

May 20th, 2015 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
May 20th, 2015 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) TV

Alternative Titles

Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster (original title)
Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Locations

Blea Moor Signal Box, Settle and Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, England, UK (used to demonstrate workings of Quintinshill signal box)
Ruddington, Great Central Railway, Nottinghamshire, England, UK (example of wooden-bodied troop-train carriages)

Running Times

60 min

Production Companies

BBC Scotland (for)
Finestripe Productions

Distribution Companies

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Special Effects Companies

Artem (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (special effects)

Other Companies

The National Records of Scotland (archive)
Library of Congress (archive)
DC Thomson & Co. (archive)
All Other Companies

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