Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "The Tay Bridge Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror" video.

  1. Other earlier, perhaps better. documentaries on this subject show photographs of the damaged locomotive that was salvaged from the water and later photos of it repaired and modernised to an extent. It lasted in service until scrapped around 1919. Got the unofficial nickname of The Diver from railway staff. It was largely kept operating away from the new bridge so as not too upset operating crews and the public. No mention of the train carriages, but being wooden at this era would likely been thought of as unrepairable as well as causing even stronger objections from the public if put into service.
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  2. A similar experience for me but in a circa 1950 larger Railway Album type book in one of the colour plates in it. Train streaking downwards with flames from the locomotive and the oil lamp ventilators on the dimly lit four wheel carriages. A night scene that I could not look at to too long. I wonder if the same painting got used in the Ladybird book.
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