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Title: East Lancs Railway Incident - 22/12/2019
Post by: SandTEngineer on December 22, 2019, 22:45:10
A minor incident on the ELR: https://youtu.be/OUzgkAGZ3aI


Title: Re: East Lancs Railway Incident - 22/12/2019
Post by: TaplowGreen on December 23, 2019, 06:11:51
Whoops!


Title: Re: East Lancs Railway Incident - 22/12/2019
Post by: Oxonhutch on December 23, 2019, 06:22:52
The tail lamp on the loco says it all.  It was most unfortunate that the corridor connections snagged - looked like a lamp bracket - and did so much damage to both loco and stock.

Questions to be asked include, who performed the continuity brake test? - the hoses weren't connected either.


Title: Re: East Lancs Railway Incident - 22/12/2019
Post by: Western Pathfinder on December 23, 2019, 08:52:34
No9 had been uncoupled and was drawing forward to take on water,however the rake did not have a tender connection,and had been clipped into place,someone didn't release the clips !...



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