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*On 29 November 1898 a passenger train from Hartlebury was derailed at Arley after running through down home signal at danger just as the signalman was changing the points for the loop. The circumstances of the accident suggest that locking bars had not been installed at the time to prevent points being changed under a train.<ref name="Marshall" />
*On 2 September 1916, Bernard Brady, a private in the Royal Defence Corps, was knocked down and killed by a train while walking to his post at the [[Elan Valley Aqueduct]]<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000033/19160906/050/0002 Birmingham Daily Post on The British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*On 13 January 1928, 4575 class small prairie No 5508 was derailed north of Bridgnorth Tunnel while traveling at 45-50mph when rotten sleepers gave way. Nobody was injured in the accident<ref name="Marshall" />.
