Rail crash a few years back...

On 20 Jun, 16:11, CD <n...@way.ok> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:47:54 +0100, "BH Williams"
>
> <bhwilli...@letra.co.uk> wrote:
> >> That long ago, I'm getting old. There's a bit on wikipedia about it:
>
> >Substitute 'coil' for cable, edit that at most only a couple of wagons spilt
> >their load, and that the station was not completely wrecked, being back in
> >full operation within a few days, and you're perhaps a bit closer to the
> >truth.
> >Brian
>
> That's Wikipedia for you.
> A quick google reveals that the news footage from the time is on
> Youtube, I'll take a look later. I remember being amazed that no one
> was hurt including the driver, happening in the small hours helping of
> course.
>
> CD

There was a similarly astounding lack of injury when a gravel train
fell off a viaduct in Bexley a few years later, also due to excessive
speed.

On Jun 20, 9:07 pm, "Peter Masson" <peter.mass...@> wrote:
> "MIG" <googles...@doreenbird.co.uk> wrote
>
>
>
> > There was a similarly astounding lack of injury when a gravel train
> > fell off a viaduct in Bexley a few years later, also due to excessive
> > speed.
>
> Four members of the public working in premises in/beside the railway arches
> were seriously hurt.

The news reports at the time, which was all I could remember, were
blaming the speed, although the official report implies that although
it was speeding it didn't contribute much to the derailment. The gist
at the time seemed to be that the amount of injury was remarkably
small and people were being interviewed about their lucky escapes.

This is the trouble with trying to remember something after eleven
years.