Causewayhead
At just after noon on a warm and sunny 3rd July 2010, 170393 is recorded speeding through Causewayhead en route to Alloa following its departure from Stirling. That's usually about it for a railway photograph legend: rolling stock, date and location duly reported, but with no indication of what the future held for the human occupants. However, on this occasion, we are obliged to look at this scene again and spare a thought for the feelings of the unsuspecting people on board, especially the driver and conductor, for a tragedy will soon be upon them. Within 2 minutes of this photo, the train struck and fatally injured a person on the track at Cambus Junction. After the authorities had completed their distressing work at Cambus, train and passengers were backtracked to Stirling and 170393 was taken out of service.
Location: Causewayhead (former)
Original line: Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
Photographer: Mark Dufton
Contact photographer: Mark Dufton
Date: 03/07/2010
Image number: 78532
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