Shipton-on-Cherwell. Bridge carrying Didcot - Birmingham line over the Oxford Canal. (DCL @ 70m 21ch). 1939 (Ref: 030604)
Branch to Blenheim & Woodstock in rear. Scene of the Shipton-on Cherwell derailment on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1874, when the tyre of a wheel on a third-class carriage of an Oxford to Birmingham Snow Hill broke. At least 26 died at the scene while four others were dead by the time the special train had arrived at Oxford station. At least one other died in hospital
ROMA ID: 030604E