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Low Loader carrying 80072 crashes on M5
The low loader was taking 80072 home to the Llangollen Railway from the West Somerset Railway. Just ignore the reporter stating that it's a train weighing 20 tonnes (it's a locomotive weighing around 86 tons) - link here:
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/6...l/story.html#1 The report suggests that the crash doesn't appear to have damaged the loco or caused any injuries, thankfully. Tony |
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"It crashed into roadworks"? There is no sign of roadworks in the photo. The standards of reporting in UK newspapers makes one despair. The first rule of reporting is; GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT. The second rule is; Check and recheck your spelling. The press appear to have ditched both rules.
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It is reported that for a as yet unknown reason the tractor unit was in a collision with the stop end of a temporary barrier the Highways Agency erect in order to protect the hard shoulder during roadworks, you can just make it out in the far distance near the blue truck.
80072 arrived safely at Llangollen yesterday and is now undergoing checks to make sure everything is where it should be etc. Cheers John Last edited by JEB-245584/2; 24th March 2016 at 23:55. |
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Nobody hurt or killed that's the main thing.
Seems curious though. With 86 tonnes on the back I doubt the driver was leathering it! And surely such a load would have been escorted by police outriders?
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How on earth can anyone tell from the photo exactly what happened ?
__________________ Philip. I think the clue is in the second photograph Philip which shows just where the driver lost his No Claims Bonus. Stuart |
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Glad that the old girl didn't come to any harm, as it's one of my most photographed locos, i seem to have seen it everywhere I've been. I wouldn't like to speculate as to what happened, and certainly not from the photos.
I can't help but comment on the level of journalism though..........."This is the moment an historic 60-year-old train crashed"...... It isn't a train and, it wasn't a train crash, it was the truck that was transporting it that crashed and therefore a road traffic accident The photo caption says "The 20 tonne train, an 80072 locomotive".........need I say more except that it becomes an "86 tonne train, an 80072 locomotive" in the article
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