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Ep 110 Mini Failure 25 Gretna Rail Disaster
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22 minutes
Released:
Mar 3, 2024
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We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Gretna Rail Disaster. Too many trains, some of them knowingly unsafe, water cooler chatter about the war, and an unofficial shift change led to the the worst rail disaster in British history.
Original Air Date: September 4, 2022
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_disaster
Animation - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Quintinshill_animation_1.gif
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Gretna Rail Disaster. Too many trains, some of them knowingly unsafe, water cooler chatter about the war, and an unofficial shift change led to the the worst rail disaster in British history.
Original Air Date: September 4, 2022
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_disaster
Animation - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Quintinshill_animation_1.gif
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca
Released:
Mar 3, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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