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Summit tunnel - ventilation shaft filling (TM-SC-030)

Last updated on 10 May 2013 11:43

On 20 December 1984 a fire occurred in the Summit Tunnel involving a train carrying petrol. The train was the 01:40 Haverton Hill to Glazebrook. The fire occurred in the vicinity of shafts 8 and 9, 5 miles North East of Rochdale and 2 miles South of Todmorden. During the...

Author(s): Whitchurch P

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1986

United Kingdom

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