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The Grantham accident, overturned carriages and debris. An evening sleeping-car and mail train from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley hauled by Ivatt "Atlantic" No 276 derailed, killing 14. The accident occurred in mysterious circumstances; the train ran right through Grantham station, where it was scheduled to stop, and derailed on a sharp junction curve at the end of the platform, which at the time had been set for the passing of a freight train; no definite cause was ever established as to why the train did not stop as scheduled or obey the signals at Caution and Danger.

The Grantham accident, overturned carriages and debris. An evening sleeping-car and mail train from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley hauled by Ivatt "Atlantic" No 276 derailed, killing 14. The accident occurred in mysterious circumstances; the train ran right through Grantham station, where it was scheduled to stop, and derailed on a sharp junction curve at the end of the platform, which at the time had been set for the passing of a freight train; no definite cause was ever established as to why the train did not stop as scheduled or obey the signals at Caution and Danger.
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The Grantham accident, overturned carriages and debris. An evening sleeping-car and mail train from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley hauled by Ivatt "Atlantic" No 276 derailed, killing 14. The accident occurred in mysterious circumstances; the train ran right through Grantham station, where it was scheduled to stop, and derailed on a sharp junction curve at the end of the platform, which at the time had been set for the passing of a freight train; no definite cause was ever established as to why the train did not stop as scheduled or obey the signals at Caution and Danger
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