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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 |
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