Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.
Botolphs Bridge Road
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 Northern Chief leads Black Prince across Botolphs Bridge Road on their way to Dymchurch. 7th October 2001. © AH/Buccabury |
This is the site of the fatal accident in August 2003, when a local car driver ignored the warning lights and crossed in front of a train. Remember these locomotives weigh from 5tons (The Bug) to 9.5tons (Black Prince), and then there is the train behind it... Trains can not stop like a car, It's down to a thing called 'Inertia' & trains have a lot more inertia than cars. A site in memory of the train driver can be found here. |
For people wanting to find more about the accident I can recommend this BBC Kent page.
The recent accident at 'The Pilot' Level Crossing on Sunday, 10th July 2005 go to this BBC Kent page.