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==Accidents and incidents== *On 2 July 1941, 4091 ''Dudley Castle'' was hauling an express passenger train that was in a head-on collision with a freight train, hauled by [[LMS Stanier 8F]] [[2-8-0]] No. WD 407 (LMS 8293), at {{rws|Slough}}, [[Berkshire]]. 5 people were killed and 21 were injured.<ref name=Earnshaw5>{{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 5 |year=1989 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-35-4 |page=29 }}</ref> *On 30 November 1948, a passenger train hauled by 5022 ''Wigmore Castle'' [[signal passed at danger|overran signals]] and was in collision with [[GWR 5101 Class|locomotive 4150]], which was running round its train at {{rws|Lapworth}}.<ref name=SR455>{{cite magazine |title=Light at the end of the tunnel for Severn 'Prairie' |magazine=[[Steam Railway]] |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media Ltd |location=Peterborough |date=17 June 2016 |issue=455 |issn=0143-7232 |pages=40β42}}</ref> Eight passengers were injured.<ref name=Times011048>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Four killed and 50 injured in train crash |date=1 December 1948 |page=4 |issue=51243 |column=A-B }}</ref> *On 12 November 1958, a freight train, hauled by [[GWR 4700 Class]] [[2-8-0]] No. 4707, overran signals and was derailed at Highworth Junction, [[Swindon]]. Locomotive No. 5009 ''Shrewsbury Castle'' was hauling a newspaper train which collided with the wreckage.<ref name=Trevena>{{cite book |last=Trevena |first=Arthur |title=Trains in Trouble |volume= 1 |year=1980 |publisher=[[Atlantic Books]] |location=Redruth |isbn=0-906899-01-X |page=47 }}</ref>
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