Tinsley - The Signalman Who Simply Forgot

When Signalman James Tinsley Arrived Late For Work On The Morning Of May 22, 1915, He Could Scarcely Have Imagined That Just 16 Minutes After Taking Up His Role At Quintinshill Signal Box, On The West Coast Mainline North Of Carlisle, He Would Be Deemed Responsible For Britains Worst Railway Accident. With The Local Train That He Had Ridden To Work On From Nearby Gretna Parked On The Up Mainline Outside The Signal Box, He Threw The Signals, Allowing A Train Packed With Soldiers Bound For Gallipoli To Proceed South, And An Express To Thunder North. The Troop Train Collided First With The Local Train And, Just Minutes Later, The Express Ploughed Into The Wreckage.