Beresfield train station was wiped out 17 years ago on this day when a FreightCorp coal train ran through a red signal and ploughed into the rear of a second coal train.
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The collision caused a massive derailment that blocked all four tracks of the Main Northern line.
The accident occurred at 6.32am on October 23, 1997.
Incredibly, no one was killed in the accident with the two drivers of the rogue train leaping from the cabin before impact.
Three 1994/95-built 82 class locomotives were damaged beyond economic repair.
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