Signals to Danger has reached 25 episodes, and a year of life.

To celebrate, two special episodes have been created, experiments in slightly different types of content, the first is this, sounds from the scene. 

To create this, and an accompanying video (coming soon) I headed down to London and spent the day travelling around some of the locations where accidents took place.

Next episode will be next week as well, so you won't have long to wait for another!

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On a Monday evening in July 1984 a passenger train collided with a cow between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The resulting derailment took the lives of 13 people and caused immense damage to the train and track.

Why did this accident take place and why was it so devastating to those involved? Join us to find out.

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In 2010 an accident took place on a level crossing at Herefordshire. 
An everyday trip turned into a disaster when the barriers opened as a train approached, two cars were hit by a train and one woman tragically lost her life.

Join us this week to find out what went wrong at Moreton-on-Lugg.

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In 1964 a special train was put on to take 230 school children from Staffordshire to York. They were on their way to enjoy the sites of the city, a true adventure.
2 hours after it set off, it was derailed along the platforms at the suburban station of Cheadle Hulme. 

3 lives lost and yet another disaster on the rails, join us this time to find out what happened. 

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This weeks episode is a tale of travelling post offices and tanker wagons. Two trains collide outside Stafford station in 1996, one postal worker loses his life, and several carriages are destroyed.

What happened which led to this disaster?

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On a peaceful March morning in 1951 a train derailed less than a minute outside Doncaster station. This short journey left 14 people dead and a carriage wrapped around a bridge support.

Join us in this episode to find out how what turned into a normal day into disaster.

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In March of 1967, an express train left Kings Cross for an overnight trip to Edinburgh. 
An hour later 4 carriages of the train would be scattered over the East Coast Main Line and 5 of her passengers would have lost their lives.

When investigators found the cause, well, let's just say it was truly shocking. A betrayal of the railway's safety culture in an ultimate way.

Join us this week to find out more.

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In 2015 a steam charter train came within 44 seconds of colliding with a high speed passenger train. 
A signal passed at red and some revelations about just what was taking place in the cab of the locomotive mean that the near-miss at Wootton Bassett is a perfect example of why we have the rules we do.

Join us to find out just how close things came, and the shocking reason why.

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Twice in the history of the UK's Railways has an accident led to the loss of more than 100 lives. The second took place on Wednesday the 8th of October 1952.
Three trains collide with each other at Harrow & Wealdstone station just outside London. 112 people are killed and 340 injured.

How could this have taken place? Join us to find out what happened and how it could have been prevented.

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An 8 carriage passenger train has derailed, colliding with a bridge and claiming 8 lives. This everyday journey has turned into a disaster, but what caused the train to leave the tracks?

Come and find out how they solved the mystery in this episode of Signals to Danger.

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