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==Accidents and incidents== {{Main|1948 Winsford railway accident}} *On 17 April 1948, a passenger train hauled by locomotive No. 6207 ''Princess Arthur of Connaught'' was halted after a passenger pulled the [[communication cord]]. It was then hit from behind by a postal train, which a signalman's error had allowed into the section, resulting in the deaths of 24 passengers. *{{Main|Weedon rail crashes#1951 rail crash}} On 21 September 1951, locomotive No. 46207 ''Princess Arthur of Connaught'' was hauling an express passenger train that was derailed at [[Weedon, Northamptonshire]] due to a defective front bogie on the locomotive. Fifteen people were killed and 35 were injured. *{{Main|Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash}} On 8 October 1952, locomotive [[LMS Turbomotive|No. 46202 ''Princess Anne'']] was one of the locomotives on the 8:00 a.m express from Euston to Liverpool and Manchester, along with [[LMS Jubilee Class]] No. 45637 ''Windward Islands''. ''Princess Anne'' took serious damage in the crash, having the [[Leading wheel|leading bogie]] torn off and main frames buckled, and was scrapped after being deemed uneconomic to repair it.
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