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  1. 1. Mark Kennedy explains how economies made by the Belfast and Co. Down Railway in the 1920s contributed to the crash

    Duration: 03:02

  2. 2. Neil Hamilton describes the type of railway carriages used by the Belfast and Co. Down Railway

    Duration: 02:43

  3. 3. Neil Hamilton describes the second train in the crash, the push - pull "Motor Train"

    Duration: 03:44

  4. 4. Georgina McKeown talks to John Bennett about her journey on the ill-fated 07.10 train from Bangor

    Duration: 02:41

  5. 5. Dennis Ogborn was travelling on the “Holywood Motor Train” which ran into the back of the Bangor train

    Duration: 01:48

  6. 6. John Knox recalls the clear-up operation

    Duration: 01:55

  7. 7. Malachy Lennon’s Uncle Stephen was one of those who died in the crash at Ballymacarrett

    Duration: 02:37

  8. 8. Pat Larkin shows John Bennett the Belfast Telegraph from the day her father died in the crash, Wednesday 10th January 1945

    Duration: 05:34

  9. 9. Clare Ablett of the Ulster Museum described the reaction in Bangor to the crash

    Duration: 03:10

  10. 10. Railway historian, Robin Masefield, in discussion with John Bennett about the inquiry into the accident

    Duration: 06:17

  11. 11. Ian Campbell of Translink with signaller Mary McCrum and John Bennett in the Belfast Central Signal Cabin

    Duration: 03:50

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