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Britannia off the road at the NVR

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by Jamie C. Steel, Feb 23, 2013.

  1. Jamie C. Steel

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    Reports seem to have reached me saying that Britannia has decided to throw her pony truck off at the Nene Valley Railway. They don't seem to have much luck with keeping big engines on the road, first a Deltic, and now this!
     
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    Just heard the same from the BBLS guys. Just awaiting confirmation of where on the line this has happened.
     
  3. Jamie C. Steel

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    It was at the Wansford end of Yarwell, not sure which set of points.
     
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    If that's the case, the stock will be trapped there.
     
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    Update. It's the leading driver that's off the road.
     
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    From a photo I've seen its the leading bogie.
     
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    That's interesting as they had alot of trouble with the bogie last year didn't they? I hope it and everybody are alright though.
     
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    Fair enough but the info I received was from one of the Southall volunteers at Wansford. Let's hope he's mistaken and it is "only" the bogie.
     
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    Will this derailment need to be looked in to by RAIB and will 70000 be allowed to work the THE CUMBRIAN GUARDSMAN rail tour next Saturday before they find out what caused 70000 to become derailed?

    Thanks
     
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    Update to my update. Seems it "only" the bogie of the road after all. Gala will go ahead tomorrow although obviously changes to timetable are almost inevitable.
     
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    I had a driver experience day on it yesterday, I left it with all its wheels on the rail head - honest.
     
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    If it is on a running line, it will have to be reported but I doubt that they would investigate it. Interesting derailment, though. What has caused just one wheelset to leave the track and not the leading one, at that?
     
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    Which direction was it moving at the time? Would have been the leading axle (at least, the leading axle on the bogie) if it had been running backwards at the time.

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    Even so, for a non-leading wheelset to derail is quite unusual, unless point blades have been moved under it. Or perhaps a broken spring?
     
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    My hornby model does this all the time, I use a big hand to fix it ;-)
     
  18. Jamie C. Steel

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    Its not that unusual, you just need the right set of circumstances.
     
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    Flickr caption says it was reversing.
     
  20. ADB968008

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    May sound odd, but at low speed, reversing, would the crew feel / hear / notice this easily ?

    ( I can't say I've ever been on the footplate of anything derailing, but I was on a train involved in a high speed train collision with a road vehicle and I certainly felt that!)
     

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