Derailment at Wolverhampton

[Craig1989]

apparently this is an engineers train 
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-59280556

[Gilbert]

The Thunderbird from Crewe 57 307 Lady Penelope went down as 1Z99 to drag Pendolinos out of Oxley

[phil-b259]

The 'Engineering train' is actually a RRV machine which has somehow come to grief and derailed over the tips of a set of switch diamonds*

 

Looks difficult to extract without wrecking S&T kit from what I have seen.

 

 

 

* Like a traditional diamond crossing but where its formed like a back to back / tip to tip set of points

[rab]

Those engineers shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the track.

[TheSignalEngineer]

10 hours ago, Gilbert said:

The Thunderbird from Crewe 57 307 Lady Penelope went down as 1Z99 to drag Pendolinos out of Oxley

1Z99 is the standard code for a breakdown train or engine going to clear the line. It looks to have terminated at Stafford after spending about four hours between Little Bridgeford and Stafford. A light engine then went north from Stafford as 0Z57 eight minutes after 1Z99 arrived at Stafford. A second light engine running as 0Z99 went north from Stafford about two hours later.

Edited November 15, 2021 by TheSignalEngineer