The majority of the images below are pics of actual wrecks and derailments that have occured during normal running days at the Midlands Railway layout. None of the shots are set-up, and nothing has been moved or rearranged for the sake of a better photo. As you will notice many of these accidents bear a striking resemblance to the real thing. (Go to actual Train Wrecks page.)

This pic and the two to the right happened when a switch was thrown the wrong way at the Waverly Exhibition. (12/06/06)

Just goes to show that not everything goes right at exhibitions (12/06/06).

Lucky cows! (12/06/06)

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Like the pics above, this set of 4 also show a mishap at the Waverly exhibition. Not sure who was driving - hope it wasn't me! (12/06/06)

J94 Austerity now working for the Norton Hill Colliary with a runaway load. (12/06/06)

 

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GWR St Catherine splits the points and comes to grief. (10/11/05)

A close up of the huge wheels on the Saint class. (10/11/05)

LMS Black 5 5687 "Neptune" rolls into the turntable well. Still not sure how this one happened. Noone even noticed it. (10/11/05)

Love this shot. Looks almost real. (10/11/05)

It was a bad day for the turntable. The mail is going to be late today. (10/11/05)

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Not a good place to come unstuck. This one happened accidentally - full reverse into the gaswoeks. (10/11/05)

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LMS Patriot driven cattle train derailment & concertina effect - Stoke-on-Trent.(27/05/04)

LMS 2P 4-4-0 No 634 derails on the Trent viaduct. (27/05/04)

LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 4447 derailment. (17/06/04)

LMS Royal Scott No 6133 "The Green Howards" comes to grief in the turntable well at London Euston. (17/06/04) Compare with this shot of an actual accident - Picture

Manchester bound Southern N Class mogul No 1404 derails in the tunnel mouth having just departed Stoke-on-Trent. (01/07/04)

S&DJR 2P loses its 4 wheeler coaches in the approaches to Manchester London Road (01/07/04)

LMS Black 5 5421 loses a load of steel scrap due to careless reversing (11/11/04)

Rear view of the Armistice Day derailment.

Another bad day at Stoke-on-Trent. Princess Coronation Class No 6225 "Duchess of Gloucester" loses a carriage or two, one of which collides with a Black 5 No 5055. Check out the waiting passengers on the platform. They didn't even move. (08/07/04)

A close-up of one of the carriage ends showing the Princess's tender. (08/07/04)

Here's the opposite view with the derailed LMS "Black Five" No 5055 in the foreground at the right. (08/07/04)

LMS Fowler No 2300 coming unstuck with a load of sausages. (13/01/05)

Another view of Fowler 2300. (13/01/05)

Ex-Caledonian saddle tank No 16030 comes to grief with a horse box. (11/11/04)

The perils of high speed shunting in reverse. No animals were harmed in the shooting of this sequence. (11/11/04)