Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 18 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Decade: "1950s" xSubject: "Wormit Station" x Search term Filter by Subject Memories (2)Filter by Format Document (1)Letter (1)Newspaper cutting (6)Photograph (8)Text (2)Filter by Area Wormit (17)Filter by Decade 1910s (2)1920s (2)1930s (2)1940s (2)1960s (2) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Steam Train at Wormit 1958 Steam engine 80123 pulling passenger train through Wormit Station in 1958. Willocks' carpet beating establishment down below on Bay Road. Newspaper Article Recalling Wormit Station Crash Newspaper Article from May 2020 recalling the events of May 1955 when a picnic train from Tayport crashed at Wormit Station. Newport Railway Timetable 1956 Newport Railway timetable showing trains between Dundee and Tayport. In 1956 there were 22 trains each way each day. Wormit Station Accident 1955 Newspaper photograph of the devastation at Wormit station after the accident on Saturday 28 May 1955. Furniture Van Accident at Wormit Station 1958 Newspaper account of dramatic and potentially disastrous accident at Wormit station when a furniture lorry toppled from the road down the banking, landing on a train from Tayport. Fortunately the carriage it landed on was empty of passengers. Furniture Van Accident at Wormit Station 1958 The damaged train coach after a lorry tumbled on to it at Wormit station from the road above. April 1958. Wormit Station A neat and tidy Wormit station. Down below on the right can be seen Willocks carpet beating works. They operated there from around 1910 until the 1960s. Wormit Station Accident 1955: Aftermath Newspaper photograph showing work being done to clear the debris and to restore the line and platform at Wormit station after rail crash on Saturday 28 May 1955. Wormit Station Accident 1955 Stunning photograph of the horrific scene at Wormit station after the train carrying 500 children home to Dundee from picnics at Newport and Tayport crashed as it left the tunnel on the curve. Locals rushed to help, clambering in and over the carriages in their rush to help the children out. Easily recognisable are the ... Wormit Station Accident 1955: Aftermath Workmen clearing the debris from the railway line after the serious crash at Wormit Station in May 1955. Wormit Station Accident 1955: News Report Newspaper coverage of rail accident at Wormit Station on Saturday 28 May 1955. Newspaper published on Monday 30 May 1955. Wormit Station Accident 1955: Rail Inquiry Wormit station employees attending the rail accident inquiry. L-R: Bob Whyte, signalman; Ben Henderson, stationmaster; Bob Henderson, porter. Wormit Station Accident 1955: Award Letter Letter from British Transport Commission in acknowledgement and appreciation of the assistance given to victims of Wormit rail accident by Stationmaster's wife Mrs Henderson and daughter Margaret. A reward of 5 guineas (£5.25) each was enclosed. Memories of Wormit and its Trains Ken Hart of Wormit remembers travelling on the train in the 1950s. "Wormit was built for trains and existed on trains. The advantages of enjoying an upbringing in a country village but only a few minutes from a busy city must have been fairly unique. It had its drawbacks of course and one of these was ... Wormit Station Accident 1955: Memories as told to Wendy Irons by Margaret Stevenson The accident happened on 28th May 1955 at 7 o’clock in the evening. I was a member of Wormit Lawn Tennis Club and was on the courts playing an American Tournament against Newport Tennis Club. I remember Elizabeth Davidson was there. The club was very busy in those days and the American Tournaments were very ... Wormit Station Accident 1955 Scene of devastation and destruction after the train crash at Wormit station on 28 May 1955. Steam Train at Wormit 1950s Lovely view of a steam train powering past Birkhill Avenue, Wormit in the 1950s. Tay Rail Bridge from Wormit View of the Tay Rail Bridge from above the tennis courts on Bay Road.