Summit Tunnel Fire. December 20th 1984

Posted: 2019-05-05

OS Grid Ref: SD 94522 18542

Geo URI: geo:53.6641,-2.0843
Latitude: 53° 39' 48" N
Longitude: 2° 5' 3" W

Old postcard: Summit Tunnel Fire. December 20th 1984

Quote from wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Tunnel_fire:

On 20 December 1984 a dangerous goods trainpassing through the Summit Tunnel on the Greater Manchester/West Yorkshire border, caught fire on the rail line between Littleborough and Todmorden, England.

More details at railmagazine.com

Summit Tunnel Fire Photo