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What is Quintinshiil named for?

• a farm?
• a village?
• a creek?

Is it also near Lockerbie?

Tabletop 09:18, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

It is near Lockerbie, just outside Gretna.

The railway company escaped responsibility for the following reasons;

The shortage of skilled men caused by the war.

The train was under military control so the carriages were locked.

The carriages were wooden, gas lit compartment stock; a programme to withdraw all this stock and replace it with steel electrically lit corridor stock was delayed, again by the war.

Britmax 12:24, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Short deliberation of 8 minutes.

Eight minutes is not a long time for a jury to deliberate. Does this include the time that it took the jury to go to and from the jury room?

Abraham Lincoln was prosecuting attorney in one trial where the jury didn't even leave their seats in the court room!!

Tabletop 12:48, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What happened to James Tinsley and George Meakin

What happened to James Tinsley and George Meakin after they were released ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MrTAToad (talk • contribs) 08:42, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Similar accidents

"The Hawes Junction rail crash of 1910 also involved a busy signalman forgetting about a train on the main line, but because the signalman there was extremely busy and fully focused on his job, his momentary lapse was more excusable."

Using the phrase "more excusable" seems to make a judgment that is not appropriate for an encyclopaedic setting.

12.104.244.6 (talk) 17:33, 22 May 2008 (UTC)