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They accelerate much faster on the OLE than on third rail. My source: used to drive them.

A right side failure of the track and/or train equipment are the same thing - they will both result in a horn vice bell. Drivers up and down the country will tell you that in this scenario they will not stop to report it immediately. I would stop and report it if I encountered more than one or...

Actually a very valid point and not one I had considered.

No.

Why would the 360 not be able to cross the ladder up to the next signal if the route across the junction to the next signal was clear? There is nothing wrong with that move and similar moves happen all over the network hundreds of times a day.

Indeed, I don't actually see any harm in a bit of healthy, informed speculation by professionals who know what they are talking about - many of whom are contributing to this thread. The quality of the Journalism I have seen is appalling including from supposed 'rail experts'. This forum is a...

In order to understand the instruction you first have to bear in mind the purpose of the entire module 'Rule Book Module TW5 - Preparation and movement of trains: Defective or isolated vehicles and ontrain equipment' 1781955033 The relevant module for an AWS magnet giving the wrong indication...

Aye, but I have seen suggestions elsewhere and possibly earlier in this thread that modern schemes have all signals fitted.

Just one example of a controlled signal in a brand new scheme which is not fitted (Standedge Tunnel on the Down Huddersfield)

No, that doesn't make an emergency call. It does make an automatic call, but not an emergency call.

I'm sure someone will be along to correct me if I'm wrong, but I am sure there are signals on my route card which are plain line controlled signals as per the new standards, but still do not have TPWS.

The 'stop the train immediately and contact the signaller as soon as they become aware of a defect' refers to defects with on-train equipment, not on-track equipment. If a right side (AWS horn at a green signal) fault is received, this does not require the driver to stop immediately, but report...

Well, yes, absolutely.

Key facts will likely be released by RAIB very shortly (within a couple of weeks at most) which will answer most of the questions people are asking. The intricacies and recommendations will obviously not be published for a long while, unless a serious safety defect with a train or signal is...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/report-of-collision-bedford-elstow-19-06-26.303537/ Indeed - the most common of which will be a 'Horn vice bell' which is a right side fault and does not require the driver to stop and report immediately - instead they should...

To be honest there is an incredibly low risk indeed after crossing from the slows to the fasts as normally the train in front on the fasts would not stop following the junction. I would hazard a guess that almost every time a train crosses from the slows to the fasts there, WH154 would be...

Yes the questions which mainly need to be asked are - What aspect was WH154 displaying - If it was at danger as it should have been, why did 1H46 fail to stop at it? These questions will be answered in due course and the facts of the incident will all line up.

Automatic signals are those entirely controlled by the passage of trains and as a default are green. They are generally not fitted with TPWS. There are a few circumstances where they can be, but this signal is not and this is perfectly normal the way things are currently done. If the signal was...

Railway Emergency Calls are not triggered automatically in any circumstances