A locomotive shunting falls into a hole in the ground, leading to the burial of the locomotive.

Lindal railway incident

1892 sinkhole near Lindal-in-Furness, Cumbria, England

The Lindal railway incident happened on Thursday 22 September 1892 near Lindal-in-Furness, a village lying between the Cumbria towns of Ulverston and Dalton-in-Furness. A Furness Railway D1 locomotive, No.115, was shunting in sidings when it disappeared into the ground after a…