Ouigo ICE in Spain with impressive OLE destruction

[mr_moo]

A spanish Ouigo train has brought down the OLE in a quite impressive way!

Pantograph got caught in catenary, and got entangled while being dragged in Spain

RailFactor Exclusive May 23, 2022 (Spain) A Ouigo train from Madrid (Spain) to Barcelona stops near Cetina,while the train pantograph got caught in catenary,entangled and being dragged before it comes to standstill.Part of the contact wire were found wrapped around the rear of the train.This...

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May 23, 2022 (Spain)


A Ouigo train from Madrid (Spain) to Barcelona stops near Cetina,while the train pantograph got caught in catenary,entangled and being dragged before it comes to standstill.Part of the contact wire were found wrapped around the rear of the train.This incident occured on May22,2022 around 2.35.P.M Spanish time on train 06741.Traffic was interrupted for four hours.Although an investigation is being carried out into what happened,the first suspicions pointed to a 'hook' of the pantograph in the contact wire of the catenary.Poor maintenance of the train or overhead catenary could also be the cause,however it is also heard that the contact wire have come lose before the arrival of the train,causing it to hit the ceiling of the entire composition and roll that way over the rear headwall.Given the fact that this train use the rear pantograph and front end has been left intact,this theory would gain weight .Passengers claimed heard noise and they were evacuated safely by the rescue staff.

Also some other photos from linkedin:

When overhead was caught in Spain! ‍ Pantograph probably got caught in a catenary, and got entangled while being dragged for kilometers.Not much info,for early info please click the below… | Deepu Dharmarajan | 33 comments

When overhead was caught in Spain! ‍ Pantograph probably got caught in a catenary, and got entangled while being dragged for kilometers.Not much info,for early info please click the below link.Follow up info will be published once its available. https://lnkd.in/dkp_R_qc (RailFactor) Pic Der...

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When overhead was caught in Spain!

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Pantograph probably got caught in a catenary, and got entangled while being dragged for kilometers.Not much info,for early info please click the below link.Follow up info will be published once its available.
https://lnkd.in/dkp_R_qc (RailFactor)
Pic Der Eisenbahner

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Given the scale of the dewirement, a 4-hour stop of services is very creditable.
Maybe the OHLE on the other line was not affected so could be used as an alternate (with ETCS bi-di).

 

[mr_moo]

Indeed. It would be more like 4 days in the UK! There's no way they could fix it all in 4hrs so yes, must have been single line working or something.

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Myfriend has just decribed this as "High speed crochet". Tickled me a bit!

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Given the scale of the dewirement, a 4-hour stop of services is very creditable.
Maybe the OHLE on the other line was not affected so could be used as an alternate (with ETCS bi-di).

Looking at the picture, the space between the tracks does appear to be quite large so that sounds credible

 

[class ep-09]

Looks like a wig …

 

[mr_moo]

Lol - it does rather!