The Little Salkeld rail accident occurred on 19 January 1918 in Long Meg cutting, between Little Salkeld and Lazonby railway stations (about 15 miles south of Carlisle on the Settle-Carlisle Line).
[1][2] As the 11 carriage 08:50 London St Pancras to Glasgow St Enoch express approached the cutting, a heavy landslip caused by a sudden thaw blocked both tracks ahead of the train.
[3] Just five minutes earlier a platelayer had walked past the spot and seen nothing amiss.
1010, ploughed into the mass of clay at a speed of 50–60 mph, telescoping the front two carriages.
The more seriously injured were taken either to the Cumberland Infirmary or Fusehill Military Hospital, both in Carlisle.