Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster: Quintinshill

History Documentary hosted by Neil Oliver, published by BBC in 2015 - English narration.


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On 22 May 1915, a collision at the Quintinshill signal box, near Gretna, became Britain's deadliest ever rail crash. Involving a military train filled with troops - most of whom were from Leith - heading for Gallipoli and two passenger trains, the crash claimed an estimated 226 lives and left hundreds more injured. The duty signalmen, George Meakin and James Tinsley, were found responsible for the disaster and were both jailed on the charges of culpable homicide. Neil Oliver explores the series of mistakes that may have caused the collision, the part played by the train companies and the government, and determines whether the investigation would have come to the same conclusions if it were carried out today. Dramatised reconstructions add to this compelling account of a tragedy which had a profound effect on several communities in Scotland, and remains the deadliest in the annals of Britain's railways.

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* Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4.1
* Video Bitrate: CRF 23 (~2829Kbps)
* Video Resolution: 1920x1080
* Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
* Frames Rate: 25 FPS
* Audio Codec: AAC-LC
* Audio Bitrate: Q=0.45 VBR 48KHz (~125Kbps)
* Audio Channels: 2
* Run-Time: 59 mins
* Number Of Parts: 1
* Part Size: 1.22 GB
* Source: HDTV
* Subtitles: Merged

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* BBC Site