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==Accidents and incidents== *On 21 January 1938, locomotive No. 5568 ''Western Australia'' was hauling an express passenger train which was in a head-on collision with an empty stock train at Oakley Junction due to a combination of driver and signalman's errors. Three people were killed and 46 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=26 }}</ref> * On 11 October 1943, locomotive 5581 ''Bihar and Orissa'' hauling the Leeds - Edinburgh express collided with a freight train being shunted into sidings at Steeton, Yorkshire. No one was killed but four people were injured.<ref>{{cite book|title=Railways in the Northern Dales -1. The Skipton & Ilkley Line|year=1986|publisher=Wyvern|isbn=0-907941-25-7|pages=24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Official photo from the Leeds Press Agency, 8 Oxford Row, Leeds 1.|date=16 November 2012|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/buzzer999/8190270857/in/photostream/|publisher=Leeds Press Agency|access-date=5 September 2014}}</ref> * On 18 May 1948, locomotives 5609 ''Gilbert and Ellice Islands'' (train loco) and 5605 ''Cyprus'' (pilot), hauling the 11:45 am down (St Pancras to Bradford) express were derailed, along with 8 coaches of a 12-coach train on a 30 ft high embankment near Wath Road Junction, Rotherham, Yorkshire. The cause was track distortion in hot weather. Poor track maintenance was a contributing factor. 8 people died and 56 were injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=735|title=Report on the Derailment which occurred on 18th May, 1948, near Wath Road Junction (London Midland Region, British Railways) :: The Railways Archive}}</ref> Both locos were repaired at Derby Works<ref>{{cite book |title=Locomotive Classics 1 LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 |at=p. 30 top photo |first=Donald |last=Binns |year=1987 |publisher=Wyvern Publications |isbn=0907941273 }}</ref> and returned to service. *On 8 October 1952, [[Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash|a three-train collision occurred]] at [[Harrow & Wealdstone station]], [[Middlesex]]. Locomotive No. 45637 ''Windward Islands'' was one of two locomotives hauling an express passenger train which crashed into wreckage. A total of 112 people were killed and 340 were injured. This remains the worst peacetime rail crash in the United Kingdom. The locomotive was consequently scrapped due to damage sustained. *On 16 August 1953, locomotive No. [[LMS Jubilee Class 5699 Galatea|45699 ''Galatea'']] was hauling a passenger train which became divided and was derailed at [[Kingsbury, Warwickshire]] due to a combination of defects on the locomotive and the condition of the track.<ref name=Earnshaw6>{{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6 |year=1990 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-37-0 |page=31 }}</ref> *On 20 July 1959, locomotive No. 45730 ''Ocean'' overran a signal and consequently crashed into Dock Junction Signal Box, [[London]]. Trains had to be handsignalled into and out of {{rws|St Pancras}} station for several days afterwards.<ref name=Trevena2>{{cite book |last=Trevena |first=Arthur |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. |year=1981 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Redruth |isbn=0-906899 03 6 |page=42 }}</ref> *On 17 January 1964, No. 45695 ''Minotaur'' was involved in a head-on collision with a mail train and a freight train. The locomotive was deemed to be uneconomical to repair and was withdrawn and scrapped off-site.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Millward |first1=Ken |title=Minotaur's Final Journey |url=http://www.manlocosoc.co.uk/minotaur-crash.html |website=Manchester Locomotive Society |access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref>
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