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D6367 - Cromford and High Peak Railway Image Archive - 19th-20th cent
- 1 - Derbyshire Countryside photos - 19th-20th cent

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D6367/1/61
Title	Hopton Bottom
Date	1937
Description	The aftermath of the fatal accident of 6 October. The 0835 Middleton Top to Parsley Hay freight, consisting of four wagons loaded with limestone and a 20 ton brakevan hauled by ex-LMS North London tank No. 27521 of 1892, that became derailed and rolled down the 30' high embankment onto the Wirksworth-Brassington road. This photograph shows the pile of tangled wreckage and the six-coupled locomotive on its side, having rolled down the embankment on to the Wirksworth to Brassington road. See also D6367/1/62 and D6367/1/63.
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Cromford and High Peak Railway Image Archive
Privacy Notice	Data Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice
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