Stonehaven
A shunting disaster. Not long after I had moved to Stonehaven in 1995, there was a bit of shunting taking place up the embankment and a wagon was shunted down to the buffer stop, which failed catastrophically. The bolts were so badly corroded, they just could not take the loading. The wagon came down the embankment leaving the scars on the A957 Slug Road to Banchory. Fortunately there were no cars or pedestrians passing at the time. The fence was replaced by NR a year or so back and has nothing to do with the original incident.
Location: Stonehaven
Original line: Aberdeen Railway
Photographer: Duncan Ross
Contact photographer: Duncan Ross
Date: 06/05/2020
Image number: 73306
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