Talk:King's Cross railway accident

Coaches
To work in: According to Wilson, the 2nd coach from the rear was TK 12615. According to Harris (p.131), this was built York 1928 to dia. 115, order 277 (on 1928/9 CBP), originally numbered 5606. 8-compt, 64 seats 61'6"x9'3". -- Red rose64 (talk) 17:04, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Events
According to this reference the last coach was derailed, and overturned, when the signalman changed the points in an attempt to divert the train into an empty platform. It did not collide with the second train. Biscuittin (talk) 17:18, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Derailed and overturned yes, but follow the link from that to the PDF file for the full text of the official inquiry; see particularly the plan on the last page, and also the last sentence of page 2 para. 2. I give three other references for my statement:
 * [10] Cooke 1958, p. 512. "the Leeds train came into collision with these coaches"
 * [11] The Railway Magazine 1945, p. 176. "the rear coaches collided with the 7 p.m. Aberdonian"
 * [12] Bonavia 1985, p. 36. "the coaches collided with the front of the 7 pm 'Aberdonian'"
 * Remember, unfortunate as it may seem, we describe what is WP:VERIFIABLE, which is not necessarily the truth. -- Red rose64 (talk) 18:29, 12 February 2010 (UTC)