Historical information

William PATTISON (1823-1895) was great grandfather of donor and driver of the first train at Sandridge, 1854. Digital image scanned from copy photograph & donated to the society by Keith PATTISON, great grandson of first Sandridge train driver then reclaimed for reproduction.

The "terrible smash at Windsor" is almost certainly the crash near Windsor station on 11 May 1887 killing engine driver, William MASKELL and fireman, James McNab and and several passengers with additionally over 150 people injured.

Physical description

Train from Windsor smash, repaired and with William PATTISON at the footplate.

Inscriptions & markings

Details on back of copied photos. "This engine was in a terrible smash at Windsor and had just been repaired and driven by Will Pattison".