Recent content by tpfx89

They're based out of Derby and Farnborough, and they also have Accredited Agents from outside the branch but normally inside the industry who can record and preserve evidence prior to their attendance

Well I certainly appreciate the feedback, pretty conscious of the speculation that's taking place, but also that much of that is coming from a desire for people to understand the incident. Hoped I'd be able to pull together the facts to date in a way which maybe painted a more complete picture...

Would it not still count as a dangerous occurrence? Difficult to argue against it looking at the photos?

Certainly there have been massive increases in the granularity of the data available, a comparison between both units involved in this incident will reveal a gulf in the data which is available between the two. Hopefully however the data available from a class 360 will be similar in nature to...

OTDRs can help fill in the gaps on this however, manner of driving prior, speed of AWS acknowledgements, control inputs and the manner they've been used etc

Hoping not, planning on traversing it tomorrow as part of my journey into the depot! But not seeing a reopening time as of yet.

Definitely showing parallels to it, especially with the inclusion of drainage systems now forming part of the messaging being shared by the police.

120 according to OpenRailwayMap.Org, having just dropped down from 160 for the curvature.

It might cause some elements of snowballing though. GSMR failing on the first unit in a queue to leave a depot blocking all the others etc, we'll have to wait and see how grim it is or isn't mind but it doesn't seem to be isolated to one NR region

To be fair though, most office printers now allow you to scan an item to an email address, and even save the address in the printer

Same here. Feels a little galling to be held hanging for over a year saying that they're focusing on other depots to then get the "yeah we're all good now cheers though" email...

More likely than not part of a station security check, these are mandated at certain intervals depending on station category and current security level. Just a bit of due diligence to look into an open pannier if it's present. Worth noting that the regulator does conduct spot checks and "hoax"...

If you're referring to running single line over the "unaffected" track between Arnside and Grange I'd be incredibly unconfident running anything over there at present looking at what's a few feet over from it!

I have thought about bundling a couple of similar ones together before so that could work. In other news there's a new round up out; On this week's RAIB Roundup we take a look at some recent incidents the RAIB is taking notice of, the recent spate of derailments of passenger trains, and we chat...

I also thought this, then wondered whether the initial collapse/impact/derailment (mechanics still very much unclear) took enough momentum out that they were able to run over the suspended section without actually leaving the rails. Potentially just strong and sturdy enough to prevent the...