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« on: March 21, 2018, 06:50:46 »

From the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

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A passenger train struck the end of a piece of rail left on a track following engineering work, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB (Rail Accident Investigation Branch)) 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.

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« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2018, 09:14:56 »

That BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) article refers to an RAIB (Rail Accident Investigation Branch) 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!
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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2022, 04:08:25 »

I'm perhaps just tidying up a little bit here, but the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB (Rail Accident Investigation Branch)) did indeed publish their 'Safety Digest' on 26 June 2018.

Hope this helps!  Wink

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.
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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.

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