Unstoppable Force Meets Immovable Object (The Hixon Rail Crash 1968)

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What happens when a 600 tonne speeding train with 300 passengers on board hits a 162 tonne haulage truck crossing the tracks - The Hixon Rail Crash is the story of just such an event.... If you would like to support this channel - https://buymeacoffee.com/TheRavensEye https://www.patreon.com/user?u=120891317 Channel contact: [email protected] Although focused primarily on disasters, this channel is all about the interesting, the strange, the unsolved, the tragic. Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. I hope you enjoy some of the fascinating stories we have here. #History #Disasters https://www.therailwayhub.co.uk/11482/from-the-archive-tragedy-on-the-west-coast-main-line-ignorance-from-arrogance-in-24-seconds/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hixon_rail_crash https://mx-schroeder.medium.com/transformative-experience-the-1968-hixon-england-level-crossing-collision-9754bda8fbd7 https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/in-your-area/staffordshire-rail-crash-claimed-lives-1015182 http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=19220.10;imode https://www.jonroma.net/media/rail/accident/uk/mot/MoT_Hixon1968.pdf Photo credits: BBC, Pathe, AP, Stafford Post, Peterborough Image Archive, MirrorPix, RailAdvent, Getty,