Steam train and Mrs Lemon's house

"Mrs Lemons peaceful day was disturbed by a train crashing through her house, " is all the original caption tells us. Was this the inspiration for the Rev. W Awdrys tale about Thomas the Tank Engine crashing into the stationmasters house' Mrs Lemon looks suitably exasperated by the uninvited arrival of a Southern Region tank engine and the gawping crowd.
Mrs Lemon's peaceful day was disturbed by a train crashing through the wall of her house.

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Keywords: 1950s, accident, crowds, engine, railway, steam, transport, unusual, woman