Talk:Lewisham rail crash

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3rd train?[edit]

Is the story I have heard of a third train which stopped before crossing the bridge true? It allegedly stopped after seeing the bridge collapse in front of it, or so I believe. Bluebellnutter 16:20, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely. Motorman Corke was driving the Holborn Viaduct to Dartford service which was an 8 car EMU. He was approaching on the Down Nunhead line and was due to pass over the bridge which had collapsed. Fortunately he saw a 'dip' in the bridge and pulled up in time. (Ref: Page 139 of 30 years at Bricklayers Arms by Michael Jackman). Fu Manchuchu (talk) 10:31, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Accident not crash[edit]

As with so many other such articles, the word "crash" is simply media-speak! Peter Shearan (talk) 15:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Original Research[edit]

Noticed this had popped up on the page so moved it here for discussion - looks very much like original research to me - interesting but not really relevant in an encyclopedia?

"I found out tonight from my Mother through tears, that my Grandfather was the first Police officer on the scene at this terrible event. He was about to finish his shift when the he got a call in his radio car. He approached the trains and worked through the night realising that one of the trains involved was the train that my Mother would have normally travelled on to return home from work. Had it not been for a phone call message from my Father to my Mothers office at lunch time, which my Mother upon her return from lunch mistook for her brother (as they had the same name) as a prearranged sign that she should return home to nurse her sick mother. She left work just after Lunch. It was not until my Grandfather returned home in the early hours of the morning to find his daughter, my Mother, alive and well. He said "I did not know that you were not on that train". RIP P.C. P.Wilsher "served with distinction"

Spookydel (talk) 14:08, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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