June 9 – Two trains collide at
Esholt Junction in West Yorkshire, England, on what is now the
Wharfedale Line. Five passengers are killed, twenty-six more and three crew are injured. The cause is unsafe procedures and a signal obscured by vegetation.
^Dodge, Richard V. (November 15, 1959).
"Perris and its Railroad". Dispatcher (29). Archived from
the original on July 7, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010. Republished by the San Diego Railroad Museum (March 5, 2000).
June 9 – Two trains collide at
Esholt Junction in West Yorkshire, England, on what is now the
Wharfedale Line. Five passengers are killed, twenty-six more and three crew are injured. The cause is unsafe procedures and a signal obscured by vegetation.
^Dodge, Richard V. (November 15, 1959).
"Perris and its Railroad". Dispatcher (29). Archived from
the original on July 7, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010. Republished by the San Diego Railroad Museum (March 5, 2000).