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1940 Norton Fitzwarren rail crash — Wikipedia (en)

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The Norton Fitzwarren rail crash occurred on 4 November 1940 between Taunton and Norton Fitzwarren in the English county of Somerset, when the driver of a train misunderstood the signalling and track layout, causing him to drive the train through a set of points and off the rails at approximately 40 miles per hour (64 km/h). 27 people were killed. The locomotive involved was GWR King Class GWR 6028 King Class King George VI which was subsequently repaired and returned to service. A previous significant accident occurred here on 10 November 1890 and the Taunton train fire of 1978 was also within 2 miles (3.2 km).

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «1940 Norton Fitzwarren rail crash» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Norton_Fitzwarren_rail_crash
Wikidata Q7060625: «high-speed derailment on the GWR in Somerset, 4 November 1940» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7060625
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