Probe into rail near miss in snow (BBC News)

[RF News]

Rail accident investigators look into a near miss involving a freight train and two passengers services.

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[ccmmick]

Very good part on the signalman.

ccmmick.

[bramleyman]

WELL DONE to the Bobby.

[garrat]

What freight was it hauling and what locomotive?

[swisstrains]

Originally Posted by garrat

What freight was it hauling and what locomotive?

I assume that it was a container train. Initial reports also appear to be suggesting that the derailment of the container train at Carrbridge could have been caused by brake problems. Snow and ice has been known to cause problems with the disc brakes used on modern rolling stock in some countries.

[garrat]

Thanks John if we keep getting weather like this due to hum GLOBAL WARMING the braking systems wiil have to be altered ,surely

[Dave Rowland]

As my mum would say "If this is global warming, then my ar**hole's a kipper."

[garrat]

A very wise mum indeed

[Ploughman]

Is this a similar situation to the incident between Perth and Aviemore were James came off?
If yes is there a design fault in the 66 braking system?

[swisstrains]

Originally Posted by Ploughman

Is this a similar situation to the incident between Perth and Aviemore were James came off?
If yes is there a design fault in the 66 braking system?

An eye witness to the derailment at Carrbridge (between Aviemore and Inverness) where "James" came off has publicly stated that one of the crew told him that they had experienced some sort of brake failure on the descent from Slochd summit. Obviously if this is true then the fault could be either with the loco or the container flats. The train involved in the near-miss at Carstairs was being hauled by 2 x 86/6's so Class 66 is not a common factor between the two incidents.