Nick L

Hope this is ok in this group, looking for someone "in the know", perhaps signalling the world around Derby earlier. As everyone knows, the Flying Scotsman was travelling South today (I was at Willington to catch a glimpse). 1V06 Nottingham to Cardiff passed Willington 4 minutes late. It then seemed to come hurriedly to a stand just South of Willington, near a bridge where lots of people were standing. Because of that, it lost ten minutes around Clay Mills Junction. Not sure what caused the driver to stop, as he moved after a couple of minutes. Even less sure what happened after that, but by the time that train left Tamworth, it was 75 minutes late. Meanwhile, two British Transport Police people turned up at Willington by car with blue lights and sirens going. They stood at the bottom of the steps and watched people leave the station - around 350 people, they reckoned. 1E40 Birmingham New Street to Newcastle should have passed Northbound at 13:55 but was delayed between Burton Wetmore Junction and Clay Mills Junction. I wonder whether that was some kind of caution because of the previous Southbound issue? It passed Willington at 14:00 - neatly blocking the view of Flying Scotsman from the Northbound platform where the majority of people were. Well, I guess we were just unlucky! Any ideas what was going on, especially with 1V06?