of the recommendations of the Board of Trade report, it became the practice for steep inclines to be fitted with runaway catchpoints so that runaway vehicles would be derailed and stopped before they had a chance to collide with following trains. These catchpoints became widespread, and only diminished in numbers when all rolling stock was fitted with continuous automatic brakes in the 1980s. Petroleum Act 1879 Not until 1879 was any legislation passed to regulate the carriage of flammable liquids by rail. Similar accidents Versailles rail accident (1842); wooden carriages which caught fire and cars locked from outside Stairfoot rail accident (1870) (see also BoT accident report) Chelford rail accident (1894) (see also BoT accident report); only vaguely similar but the accident report quotes LNWR rules on shunting brought in as a result of Abergele Previous similar but minor accidents on North Wales Coast Line Penmaenmawr (1854) (BoT accident report)- goods train still shunting when express arrived - express overran 'distant' signal. Bangor (1856) (BoT accident report) - defective interval working - passenger train predictably caught up with goods train - block working recommended. Penmaenrhos Tunnel (1859) (BoT accident report)- defective interval working- light engine predictably caught up with goods train - block working recommended more strongly: covering letter concludes My Lords direct me to call the attention of the directors to the concluding recommendation of the inspecting officer as to the desirableness of working the line by means of the electric telegraph. See also List of British rail accidents Lists of rail accidents Notes and references Notes References Further reading External links BBC site Newspaper article by author of book in above section Abergele Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-Foel Train collisions in Wales 1868 in Wales Railway accidents in 1868 Runaway train disasters Transport in Conwy County Borough History of Conwy County Borough Accidents and incidents involving London and North Western Railway August 1868 events Train and rapid transit fires 1868 disasters in the United Kingdom