John Axon
male, deceased
John Axon GC (4 December 1900 - 9 February 1957) was an English engine driver from Stockport (Edgeley Depot) who died while trying to stop a runaway freight train on a 1 in 58 gradient near Buxton in Derbyshire after a brake failure. The train consisted of an ex-LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 No. 48188 hauling 33 wagons and a brake van. On the outward trip from Stockport to Buxton that day Driver Axon had noticed a leak from the supply to the locomotive steam brake, …
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| Born: | December 4, 1900 |
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| Died: | February 9, 1957 |
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" John Axon was a railwayman ... " and, on 9th February 1957, he was making the down-run from Buxton to his home depot at Edgeley, when the automatic steam brake pipe developed a fracture. The cab filled with scalding steam. Axon told his fireman to ju www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/801.htm |
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Archive of UK railways documents www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=290 |
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born on 4 December 1900, was a Driver with British Rail. www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/railwaymen.htm |
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The definitive Wikipedia entry for John Axon. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Axon |
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Axon's train was making the run from Buxton in the Derbyshire Peak District to his home depot at Edgeley, Stockport, when the steam brake pipe fractured. www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/radioballads/original/johnaxon.shtml |
