Aviemore incident 29/9/23

[Meerkat]

What I learned from reading the RAIB report is that the Royal Scotsman carries an impressive supply of booze! How many bottles are in that photo?

 

[The Chimaera]

It’s worrying that the engine was being moved without anyone being able or bothering to look where it was going. Any number of people could have been on the track in front of it. The most basic of safety measures were being ignored.

 

[ac6000cw]

It’s worrying that the engine was being moved without anyone being able or bothering to look where it was going. Any number of people could have been on the track in front of it. The most basic of safety measures were being ignored.

When I read the RAIB report those were my thoughts too. Nothing complicated going wrong, just people not bothering to do things properly and making (invalid) assumptions about where the end of the train was. You could had the same accident and written the same report 150 years ago...

 

[ainsworth74]

What I learned from reading the RAIB report is that the Royal Scotsman carries an impressive supply of booze! How many bottles are in that photo?

Wonder which was more expensive, fixing the damage to the coach or replacing the booze?!

 

[Meerkat]

Wonder which was more expensive, fixing the damage to the coach or replacing the booze?!

It didn’t look like much broke!
Of course there may have been a difference between what actually broke and what the staff said they had to bin

 

[Bikeman78]

The RAIB have now published their report into this incident. The full report can be found here and the summary is provided below:

Thanks. An interesting read. I was amused by paragraph 55 though (quoted below). Does this mean that I shouldn't stand on a station platform when a steam locomotive is arriving or departing?

The passengers on board the Royal Scotsman coaches had been informed that Flying Scotsman would be hauling the train to Boat of Garten. A small number of them gathered on the veranda of the observation lounge car to watch the Flying Scotsman approach and couple. They had been advised against doing so by Belmond staff because of the risk from particles of hot soot from the steam locomotive. At least one passenger was recording the approach of Flying Scotsman with a mobile phone.