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OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb.

« on: February 28, 2021, 08:22:52 »

Quote from: Electric train on February 28, 2021, 07:51:25

1975 - At 8.37 am in the London rush hour, a Northern Line underground train crashed through the buffers at Moorgate station and hit a solid dead-end wall, killing 41 people and seriously injuring 50. The rescue operation took three days to complete.

Dad managed an office in a basement up the road on Finsbury Square; he came home telling us how they had heard the thud even at that distance. Lots of tales from the office when he unwound in the evening - most forgotten but that one remembered.


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OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb.

« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2022, 21:47:21 »

Last day of service, Acton Town to South Acton - 28th February 1959
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Acton_railway_station_(England)

First order place for Brush 47 locomotives - 28th February 1961
https://worldwiderails.com/br-class-47-brush-type-4/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_47

Moorgate Tube Disaster - 28th February 1975
https://www.railmagazine.com/trains/heritage/moorgatethe-unresolved-tragedy
https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/history-and-stories/historical-fires-and-incidents/the-moorgate-tube-crash-1975/
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/24727

Greta Thunberg in Bristol - 28th February 2020
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-51663632
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/22947

A day of extremes

- closure of a tiny line operated by one single carriage train and the first order for what became the largest main line class with 512 built (though there were 996 class 08 shunters)

- the utter disaster of Moorgate, and the awakening of many to concerns as to the environment


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Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb.

« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2022, 12:14:20 »

South Acton link is broken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Acton_railway_station_(England)


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Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb.

« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2022, 12:28:50 »

Quote from: ellendune on February 28, 2022, 12:14:20

South Acton link is broken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Acton_railway_station_(England)

That's because in closed 63 years ago Grin


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Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb.

« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2022, 11:58:24 »

Midland and Great Northern Railway network closed 28th February 1959?

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Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb.

« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2022, 13:46:16 »

Shelby / Great Heck rail accident on this day also.


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Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb.

« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2023, 07:15:34 »

48 years since Dad came home and described the thump / earthquake he had heard in the basement office he works in on Finsbury Square, just a shortish distance from Moorgate Station. Time passes, but some of those memories do not.


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Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb.

« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2025, 13:28:26 »

Quote from: grahame on February 28, 2023, 07:15:34

From The Londonist ... as I said two years ago, memories do not pass away. A short quote from a long article worth a read. And, yes, I have re-read WikiPedia on this too.

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t's half a century since one of London's worst rail tragedies.

On 28 February 1975, a London Underground train sped into Moorgate station during the height of the morning rush hour. It did not stop at the platform, but carried on without slowing. Moments later, it rammed into the barriers at the end of the line. 43 people died and 74 were injured.

It is the worst peace-time accident in London Underground's history, and was London's worst disaster of any kind in the 1970s.

The tragedy took place on the Northern City line, which runs out of Moorgate up towards Highbury and Finsbury Park. The line is today operated by Thameslink but was part of London Underground at the time, badged as a branch of the Northern line.


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