poliss Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Does anyone have any detail of an accident that occured at Croft Spa near Darlington on either the 14th or 15th of June 1916. It's possible that the loco involved was a NER Class M1 number 1625. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hi Poliss Funny you should mention this as it's a current item in the forum on the LNER Encyclopedia. Loco was 1625, 14th of June and the loco ended up on its side, under armed guard! It's been on that forum for a couple of days but nothing else has been posted yet. It's on that forum under LNER Discussions if you want to keep an eye on it. I'll try to keep you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 I saw the question on the NRM Facebook page. It will be from the same chap. The only thing I could find was a reference to the accident happening on the 15th, not the 14th. He missed it because it was headed under Darlington, not Croft Spa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Postman Prat said: Hi Poliss Funny you should mention this as it's a current item in the forum on the LNER Encyclopedia. Loco was 1625, 14th of June and the loco ended up on its side, under armed guard! It's been on that forum for a couple of days but nothing else has been posted yet. It's on that forum under LNER Discussions if you want to keep an eye on it. I'll try to keep you posted. High PP, I know this puts it during WWI, any reason for the armed guard ?, or was this SOP ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hi Mortehoe No idea, no ideas on the lner forum either. I've posted all that seems to be known on there . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Thanks for that, big favour, keep us updated. An armed guard does seem a bit odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 It was the war. Spies and saboteurs were seen under every bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 poliss said: It was the war. Spies and saboteurs were seen under every bush. WWII maybe, but WWI that seems a bit over kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Read Flying Corps Headquarters 1914-1918 by Maurice Baring. Anyone with even a dodgy looking moustache was automatiacally a spy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 poliss said: Read Flying Corps Headquarters 1914-1918 by Maurice Baring. Anyone with even a dodgy looking moustache was automatiacally a spy. Have you been watching "Ripping Yarns" ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 The real life paranoia about spies during WWI was more fanciful than anything in Ripping Yarns. As I remember they were chasing three 'spies' in chapter one of Flying Corps Headquarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Remember too that at about that time the IRA was particularly active, seeing WW1 as a good cover for their terrorist activities. There was also some serious industrial unrest, and some extreme communist worker's groups and anarchists were committing atrocities under this cloak especially against industrial capitalist targets. The railways were regarded as amongst some of the worst capitalists of the time. A couple of dates - 24/04/1916 the Easter Rising in Dublin, 08/03/1917 Russian revolution begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortehoe Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 LC&DR said: Remember too that at about that time the IRA was particularly active, seeing WW1 as a good cover for their terrorist activities. There was also some serious industrial unrest, and some extreme communist worker's groups and anarchists were committing atrocities under this cloak especially against industrial capitalist targets. The railways were regarded as amongst some of the worst capitalists of the time. A couple of dates - 24/04/1916 the Easter Rising in Dublin, 08/03/1917 Russian revolution begins. Good point LC&DR, the only WWI pictures of armed guards near a train ( Western Front not included ) are from the Emerald Isle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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