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- Abbots_Ripton_rail_accident abstract "The Abbots Ripton rail disaster occurred on 21 January 1876 at Abbots Ripton, then in the county of Huntingdonshire, England, now in Cambridgeshire, on the Great Northern Railway main line, previously thought to be exemplary for railway safety. In the accident, the Special Scotch Express (known informally to railway workers as 'the Scotchman' although not officially the Flying Scotsman until after 1923) train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a collision, during a blizzard, with a coal train. An express travelling in the other direction then ran into the wreckage. The initial accident was caused by: over-reliance on signals and blockworking as allowing high-speed running even in adverse conditions systematic signal failure in the adverse conditions of that day due to a vulnerability to accumulation of snow and iceAdditional factors in the second accident were: inadequate braking performance of the second express failure to implement emergency procedures promptly and correctlyThe accident (and the subsequent inquiry into it) led to fundamental changes in British railway signalling practice.".
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- Abbots_Ripton_rail_accident subject Category:1876_in_England.
- Abbots_Ripton_rail_accident subject Category:Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain).
- Abbots_Ripton_rail_accident subject Category:History_of_Huntingdonshire.
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- Abbots_Ripton_rail_accident comment "The Abbots Ripton rail disaster occurred on 21 January 1876 at Abbots Ripton, then in the county of Huntingdonshire, England, now in Cambridgeshire, on the Great Northern Railway main line, previously thought to be exemplary for railway safety.".
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