Tag: Quintinshill Rail Disaster
Remembrance 2018 – A harrowing account of the Quintinshill rail disaster
Just over one hundred years ago a disaster unparalleled in the history of British railways and one of the most catastrophic to have occurred on railways anywhere in the world, took place early one bright...
Minute’s silence at Easter Road in memory of Quintinshill Rail Disaster
There will be a minute's silence prior to kick off at Easter Road today to remember those who lost their lives in the Quintinshill Rail Disaster.A lone piper will play Flowers of the Forest in their memory.On...
Quintinshill Rail Disaster – 100 Years On
Photo: Electric EdwardiansOne hundred years ago the worst accident in British railway history occurred at Quintinshill, near Gretna Green in the Scottish borders. At 3.45am on 22 May 1915, a troop train carrying...
