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My understanding is that all repeaters are distants, but not all distants are repeaters. A distant is any signal that cannot display a stop aspect. A repeater is a signal that does not have its own control means, e.g. a lever, and its aspect is determined by the next main signal in...

I'd say (from Google maps) that there's a good 100m between the tunnel exit and the curve, the majority being tree-lined. Was this the first tram of the morning? If so it may have experienced a railhead with a heavy overnight leaf fall from all that rain whilst braking hard for the curve?

Overspeed due to poor adhesion perhaps?

After over 20 years, Mike Jacques will retire from driving on the RHDR in October 2012. To mark this occasion, Mike (albeit hopefully kept secret from him until the day) will drive a very special train on the Saturday before his retirement, a train with roots back to Grantham and the East Coast...