On 17 October 1898 at Wrawby Junction,[1] on what was the Great Central Railway near Brigg in Lincolnshire, England, a passenger train collided with a derailed goods train; killing 8 people and injuring 26 more.
The goods train which had left Grimsby earlier in the day for Doncaster consisted of 44 waggons loaded with larch tree trunks, three trunks to a load secured with chains.
The length of the trunks (up to 42 ft) necessitated the close coupling of the waggons.
One truck toppled over; its load of timber projecting over the main line.
The brake van 'was carried away with the exception of the offside and roof'.