The Thorpe Railway Disaster

The tragic true story of how a terrible miscommunication sent 2 trains into a head on crash just outside of Norwich in 1874 costing over 20 lives and changing rail safety forever.
Sources/ pictures
East Anglian Disasters, Glenda Goulden, pages 62-65
www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/blog/2014/09/the-thorpe-railway-disaster-1874/
https://norfolktalesmyths.com/categor...
https://joemasonspage.wordpress.com/2...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_...
www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/heritage/140-years-since-thorpe-st-andrew-s-night-of-rail-698956
www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/lifestyle/heritage/the-filthy-night-when-two-trains-collided-1889678
www.familyhistoryresearchengland.co.uk/blog/the-thorpe-st-andrew-rail-crash
https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/...
www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/33295957272
www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/ind_rev/iln/accident.htm#norwich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyer%27...
Pictures
www.pacificng.com/template.php?page=/ref/locobuilders/blw/style/baldwinstyles.htm
www.edp24.co.uk/news/when-were-the-bootlace-murders-in-great-yarmouth-7822686
www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/gallery/see-photos-golden-age-steam-1509992
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/features/lookingback/15553260.discovered-victorian-love-letter-addressed-to-miller-richard-luckham/
www.wikiwand.com/en/Norfolk_Railway
www.eastanglianrailwayarchive.co.uk/Railways/Abandoned-Lines-and-Stations/
www.pinterest.com.au/pin/371687775470060322/
https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/...
www.pinterest.co.uk/mrvictorian1900/heritage-railway-station-interiors/
www.postcardfinder.co.uk/thorpe-train-station-norwich-vintage-postcard-60316-p.asp
www.bathintime.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/41721
https://ukmedals.com/product/board-tr...
www.windsor-berkshire.co.uk/jack-the-ripper-has-a-windsor-connection/victorian-court/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_E...
https://thegreatthorperailwaydisaster...
http://victorian-era.org/victorian-me...
www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2013-05-02/anniversary-of-the-1845-suspension-bridge-disaster/
www.coldstreammilitaryantiques.com/en-GB/badges/west-norfolk-militia-victorian-officer-s-shako-plate/prod_20732#.YNiygOhKg2w
www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/481111172668232673/
www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/huge-bonfire.html