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Slough rail accident
The Slough rail accident happened on 16 June 1900 at Slough railway station on the Great Western Main Line when an express train from to ran through two sets of signals at danger, and collided with a local train heading for Windsor. Five passengers were killed; 35 were seriously injured, and 90 complained of shock or minor injuries
Significant consequences of the accident were the adoption of improved vacuum braking systems on locomotives and passenger rolling stock, and the introduction of Automatic Train Control (ATC) in 1908.
==The trains==
The local train pulled by a 'four-coupled bogie passenger engine'〔BoT report p 71 (page 8 of PDF)〕 (i.e. a 4-4-0 tender engine)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/index-st.htm )〕 should have left London Paddington at 1:05. Due to the large crowds expected to travel to Windsor Racecourse it had been augmented by two extra coaches but an additional eighth coach was added at Paddington, delaying departure until 1:12 p.m. Its only stop before Windsor was Slough and when it arrived at the down main platform at 1:37 p.m. it was eight minutes late. It was held there for longer than usual; tickets for Windsor trains had to be collected at Slough〔BoT report p 74 (page 11 of PDF)〕 and there were many more passengers than normal. Signals were set to danger behind it.
Meanwhile behind the local train, the 1:15 express from Paddington to Falmouth was running a couple of minutes late. It comprised GWR 3031 Class engine No. 3015 ''Kennet'' pulling ten coaches and was not booked to stop at Slough; its first stop was to be at . The lines through Slough are straight and level and it was travelling at full speed – between 50 and 60 mph – when it approached Slough.
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