A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Director
Writers
Basil Dearden, Ronald Millar, Angus MacPhail
Jim Hardcastle
Mrs Hardcastle
Ron Stacey
Stella
Ella
Mrs. Bailey
Doris Hardcastle
Hardcastle's Fireman
Johnson, the Timekeeper
Stacey's Fireman
District Superintendent
Lancashire Railwayman