In the dirt at Felixstowe!

[Martin nx]

Has been reported locally that 2x FEA's on 4L02 are off the road at Felixstowe South. Tonights liners are cancelled and inbounds are being held at various points. Info from Anglia Gen. :roll:

 

[dk1]

Has been reported locally that 2x FEA's on 4L02 are off the road at Felixstowe South. Tonights liners are cancelled and inbounds are being held at various points. Info from Anglia Gen. :roll:

Quite a bit of disruption to the Scud shuttle too due to severe freight congestion.

 

[RichmondCommu]

And for anyone who doesn't work in the rail industry what does this mean?

 

[The Snap]

Roughly translated, it means a freight train has derailed at Felixstowe South, causing a serious backlog of freight servies in the area.

 

[ChiefPlanner]

Just like Xmas Eve 1982 when a collision between 2 Freightliners was "managed" in the Creek Sidings .......low speed , but a fair amount of damage done. Rerailed and recovered on Boxing Day.

 

[Bald Rick]

All resolved by 0500 this morning, including installing a new set of switches, cracking effort.

 

[GB]

And for anyone who doesn't work in the rail industry what does this mean?

"off the road", "on the deck", "in the dirt" all terms used to describe a derailment.

 

[RichmondCommu]

"off the road", "on the deck", "in the dirt" all terms used to describe a derailment.

Cheers! In the dirt was easy to decipher but 2x FEA's on 4L02 left me flummoxed! I'm assuming here that FEA's are wagons?

 

[DarloRich]

http://www.porterbrook.com/images/pic_library/pdf/FEA Wagon.pdf

try that!

 

[455driver]

"off the road", "on the deck", "in the dirt" all terms used to describe a derailment.

Also "earth fault" seems to be flavour of the month.

 

[RichmondCommu]

http://www.porterbrook.com/images/pic_library/pdf/FEA Wagon.pdf

try that!

Thanks for this? Does anyone know the reasons behind the derailment and whether the FOC's have had to pay compensation to their customers? I'm impressed with how quickly everything was sorted out!

 

[GB]

Investigation is still under way but the likely cause points towards the track spreading or dipping under the train.

If that turns out to be the case any compensation or costs will be claimed back from Network Rail as it was on their infrastructure and thus responsibility falls with them.

4L02 is the basic train reporting code used to ID the train. In this case it's a class 4 that is timed to run at between 65 and 75mph, is coded "L" which means its inter regional destined for the Anglia zone and has "02" as it's unique number.

 

[The Planner]

Class 4 are always timed at 75mph or whatever the prevailing linespeed is if below 75mph.

 

[A60K]

Also "earth fault" seems to be flavour of the month.

Is that earth fault in its correct electrical sense, or 'earth fault' in a colloquial sense to describe a derailment?! Driver to signalman: "Bit of a problem guv, faulty points and my loco is on the earth"