Norwood Junction Rail Accident
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The Norwood Junction railway crash occurred on 1 May 1891, when a cast iron underbridge over Portland Road, some 60 yards north east of Norwood Junction railway station, fractured under an express train from Brighton to London in southern England.
The locomotive crossed the bridge safely with most of its carriages, but the brake van fell into the gap on the bridge. There were no casualties, apart from a dislocated ankle. However, the accident drew attention to the weakness of cast iron structures in underbridges, especially as many had been installed in the 1830s and 1840s when locomotives were much lighter.
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