The Flying Scotsman express crashed near Goswick in Northumberland on the 26th of October, 1947. The train derailed after failing to slow for a diversion, resulting in 28 people being killed. This tragedy occurred just two days after the South Croydon rail crash, in which 32 people died when 2 commuter trains collided.
Co-Curate is a project which brings together online collections, museums, universities, schools
and community groups to make and re-make stories and images from North East England and Cumbria.
Co-Curate
is a trans-disciplinary project that will open up 'official' museum and 'un-officia'l co-created
community-based collections and archives through innovative collaborative approaches using
social media and open archives/data.