What can go wrong at 10mph ?

[Ploughman]

A bit of a woopsie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Nq632eV6I

 

[Drimnagh Road]

Beast! Good find.

 

[Hydro]

I wouldn't like to be the bloke that did the last equivalent of an 053 inspection on that switch.

 

[142094]

Quite a lot apparently!

 

[Sun Chariot]

Quality! I don't think that little mess will buff out. Didn't anyone tell the driver that the hopper discharge from the bottom, not the top...

PS - Drimnagh Road: a most excellent use of the word "Beast"! I laughed so hard, I nearly laid an egg...

 

[kentuckytony]

We do seem to have quite a few derailments in the news over here.
I guess like anywhere, it is a combination of factors: really long trains (100+ cars), track maintenance or lack thereof, land subsidence, and human error.

This was a good capture of it actually happening.

 

[Ploughman]

I wouldn't like to be the bloke that did the last equivalent of an 053 inspection on that switch.

Or did the driver throw the switch correctly?
No FPLS or clamps in use.

 

[Bedpan]

Out of interest there is a good Google street view picture of the location, seen from the level crossing.

 

[chuckles1066]

Slightly quicker than 10mph:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dfa_1292093807

 

[starrymarkb]

Slightly quicker than 10mph:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dfa_1292093807

I hope the Horse was ok?

 

[Chapeltom]

What a video!

 

[b0b]

Out of interest there is a good Google street view picture of the location, seen from the level crossing.

I'm thinking this might be it....

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...id=-niMT1tI2h2dKY4GIheNCg&cbp=11,292,,0,17.75