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References
- ↑ Rolt, L. T. C. (1976). Red for danger : a history of railway accidents and railway safety (3 ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 267. ISBN 0715372920.
- ↑ Anderson, V. R.; Fox, G. K (1986). Stations & structures of the Settle & Carlisle Railway. Poole: Oxford Pub. Plate 20. ISBN 0-86093-360-1.
- ↑ Langley 1960, p. 21.
- ↑ Weekes, G., ed. (1975). BR standard Britannia Pacifics : a study of British Railways standard class 7P express passenger locomotive. Truro: Barton. p. 47. ISBN 0851531954.
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- British Railway Disasters. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. 1996. ISBN 0-7110-2470-7.
- Langley, C. A. (1960). Report on the accident which occurred on 21st January 1960, near Settle, in the London Midland Region of British Railways (PDF). railwaysarchive.co.uk (Report). Ministry of Transport.
- Vaughan, Adrian (1989). Obstruction danger : significant British railway accidents, 1890-1986. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England: P. Stephens. ISBN 1852600551.
