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Title: 50 years ago today. Sheerness on Sea, Rail Accident. (R.I.P) Post by: Electric train on February 27, 2021, 08:21:14 Fortunately today far far less of these accidents on UK railways
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/terrifying-night-the-train-didnt-stop-242818/?fbclid=IwAR1OGoLjyoNbU1e77RpBvvZyA-6rDnVQj1-eOkpUaJvxntHkON4jChT0FNM Title: Re: 50 years ago today. Sheerness on Sea, Rail Accident. (R.I.P) Post by: broadgage on March 02, 2021, 08:15:49 Presumably TPWS would prevent such an accident, or at least greatly reduce the severity of it.
The accident was believed to have been caused by sudden illness of the driver, who had suffered a similar episode previously. And whilst I rather liked the old trains, it must be admitted that newer types are more crashworthy. Title: Re: 50 years ago today. Sheerness on Sea, Rail Accident. (R.I.P) Post by: Electric train on March 02, 2021, 19:48:48 Presumably TPWS would prevent such an accident, or at least greatly reduce the severity of it. Certainly TSS would have.The accident was believed to have been caused by sudden illness of the driver, who had suffered a similar episode previously. And whilst I rather liked the old trains, it must be admitted that newer types are more crashworthy. Not sure what the last signal would have been on the approach at the time, but I believe the red lamp on the stop blocks was not treated as a signal so the train could have approached on a clear signal as such the AWS would not of prevented it either This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |