British
Steam Railway Disasters is the definitive DVD collection of newsreel reports
covering no fewer than 55 incidents from the steam era between 1913 and 1967
including among them the most notorious at
Bourne End (1945), Lewisham (1957), South Croydon (1947), Goswick
(1947), Hither Green (1967), Castlecary (1937) and Darlington (1928). Driver
Error, Excessive Speed, Poor Visibility In Fog, Signals Passed At Danger,
Signalling Errors, Road Vehicle Collisions, Equipment Failure, Rolling Stock
Instability and Track Defects – all are here with a salutary tale to tell.