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Tribute to The Victims of the Hixon Level Crossing Rail Disaster January 6th 1968.

Journal

The Sad Day

6 January 1968

On 6 January 1968, a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by an express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon in Staffordshire, England.

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HIXON RAIL DISASTER SATURDAY 6TH JANUARY 1968 Written by Malcolm Garner