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Title: Passenger train struck rail left on track near Inverness Post by: grahame on March 21, 2018, 06:50:46 From the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-43459118)
Quote A passenger train struck the end of a piece of rail left on a track following engineering work, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has said. The Virgin Trains East Coast train, which had left Inverness bound for London, knocked the 130m (425ft) long rail clear. The train did not derail and was not damaged in the incident on 25 February at Cradlehall, near Inverness. Urgent safety advice has been issued by the RAIB to Network Rail. ScotRail Alliance, which Network Rail Scotland is part of, said it carried out a full investigation after the incident and had taken "immediate steps to highlight the seriousness to all our employees". The RAIB said there were three similar incidents in England between 2014 and 2017. (continues) Amazing cab picture from the HST that struck the rail on the top of the article Title: Re: Passenger train struck rail left on track near Inverness Post by: stuving on March 21, 2018, 09:14:56 That BBC article refers to an RAIB report, though their quote comes from a notice of "urgent safety advice" (which is filed under "independent reports"). RAIB have said they will produce one of their safety digests, rather than a full report, later.
What they do say includes: "The train pushed the whole length of rail aside into the cess and so did not derail. "Now that's a good trick, if you can do it! Title: Re: Passenger train struck rail left on track near Inverness Post by: Chris from Nailsea on February 19, 2022, 04:08:25 I'm perhaps just tidying up a little bit here, but the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) did indeed publish their 'Safety Digest (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-digest-052018-cradlehall/passenger-train-striking-rail-on-the-track-at-cradlehall-near-inverness-25-february-2018)' on 26 June 2018.
Hope this helps! ;) Edit / addition by grahame - thanks, Chris - and I have mirrored that in our archive too, so that it will come up on "deep searches" in the future for members too - type 'Cradlehall' into the search box and you'll find the report, and this thread. 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 |