Derailment of 6M58, 11-55 H Bristol parkway/Hendon at Verney junction on 23 May 1974 (TM-FT-048)

The leading wheelset of the 24th wagon, B388776, in the fully fitted block train which consisted of locomotive 47 097 and thirty 26 ton tippler wagons loaded with stone, derailed to the right-hand side of the Up-line at 9 miles 137 yds leaving a flange mark 2.74m (9 ft) long...