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coal depot, Great Corby
site name:-   Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
locality:-   Corby Crossing
locality:-   Great Corby
civil parish:-   Wetheral (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   coal depot
coordinates:-   NY47175480 (about) 
coordinates:-   NY47105473 (roughly) 
1Km square:-   NY4754
10Km square:-   NY45
SummaryText:-   Two sets of sidings accessed by facing points off up and down line, either side of the crossing.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 6) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
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hearsay:-  
The coal depot was built for the Earl of Carlisle. The points were operated by his employe, in 1836 this was John Rowlandson, not supervised by the railway.
In December 1836 the points were not reset after shunting: locomotive Samson and a mixed train, goods wagons and carriages with 26 passengers, slowing and approaching Wetheral, was diverted into the west siding. The driver spotted the setting of the points, put the engine into reverse, applied the brakes, and leapt off with the fireman. The train demolished standing wagons and the depot. The coaches at the rear stayed on the track and passenger injuries were minor; a man standing on the depot was killed, and so were two boys riding illegally under the tarpaulin of a grain wagon.

:1836 (10 Dec):: CarlisleJournal

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