Summit Tunnel fire
1984 railway disaster near Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Summit Tunnel fire occurred on 20 December 1984, when a dangerous goods train caught fire while passing through the Summit Tunnel on the railway line between Littleborough and Todmorden on the Greater Manchester/West Yorkshire border, England.
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Date | 20 December 1984 |
Location | Summit Tunnel, Lancashire/West Yorkshire border |
Coordinates | 53.6751°N 2.088261°W / 53.6751; -2.088261 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Line | Manchester and Leeds Railway |
Operator | British Rail |
Incident type | Derailment and fire |
Cause | Defective bearing |
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Trains | 1 |
Crew | 3 |
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