Derailment at Doncaster

Badger · Post by **Badger** » 23 Jul 2008 22:27

All I can say is "whoops!"

Pics can be seen here. Credit to Alan Padley.

Gave me a headache at work, Northern ran a rail replacement bus between Doncaster and Wakefield Westgate for a good part of the day. Platforms 6/7/8 at Doncaster couldn't be accessed from the north until 16.10.

Ameecher · Post by **Ameecher** » 23 Jul 2008 22:41

Looks like a case of the points switching beneath the train. Bet the punters at Doncaster were loving that

andel · Post by **andel** » 23 Jul 2008 22:45

From WNXX:

all 3 axles of front bogie off the road, looks like points have split underneath it, front and rear of loco skewed accross the road in different directions!

Cheers IKB

Flavius · Post by **Flavius** » 24 Jul 2008 02:10

A contributing factor may be subsidence of the permanent way under and nearby. Given the presence of the team testing the level of ground in the pic.

Kevo00 · Post by **Kevo00** » 24 Jul 2008 08:38

Oooherr. Just as well it happened to a freight train and not a 225.

andel · Post by **andel** » 24 Jul 2008 11:09

Driver on 6F09 (66201) deserves a pat on the back.....without his quick thinking there could have been fatalities.....and a lot more than just the leading bogie off the road.....
He was running on a clear signal thru what should have been a possession.
Sounds like a serious breakdown of communication between NR/PWAY etc.

rebeccajane · Post by **rebeccajane** » 25 Jul 2008 20:35

by the way they were talking about it on the news/radio it sounded like no trains were able to get in or out of Doncaster for most of the day! i was at Doncaster station at around 7.30pm and most of the east coast mainline (and local services) seemed to be on time. I checked the national express website at around 4pm and it said there were major delays of 1 hour and 30 mins.

Post by **Dave** » 25 Jul 2008 20:40

Train that was fouling any other line appeared to be moved at some point in full daylight though, according to Badger's pics, so might have had other platforms re-opened.

Ameecher · Post by **Ameecher** » 25 Jul 2008 20:41

The story going at the moment seems to be a breakdown of communication between trackworkers and signallers, ie, the signallers didn't know there were people working which is what's known in the trade as a "f*** up".

Post by **Dave** » 25 Jul 2008 20:43

Oh Gavin, you swore!

Badger · Post by **Badger** » 25 Jul 2008 22:18

As far as I now know, 2 track guys were working but nobody knew they were there!

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