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The works being undertaken were the only works going on at the location. The company were also the only ones working there. No time pressures or constraints. How the rail ended up being left is still subject to formal investigation. There is no excuse, there was plenty of time and the rail was left at the unloading point where the machine exited, so plenty of individuals to have noticed prior to walking off track, locking the gates and driving off, yet somehow failed to. As mentioned by Southernman46, the COSS & CC have potentially failed in their duties here and for what ever reason, failed to ensure a safe railway was handed back to the ES and subsequently the PICOP and Signaller. If this does indeed turnout to be the case, and there is nothing to suggest otherwise currently, footage available and viewed to date doesn’t highlight anything malicious or deliberate by outside parties, I for one hope they never step foot on the infrastructure again. This sheer incompetence and irresponsible behaviour is what caused fatal accidents in years gone by, this had the makings of a Potters Bar type derailment. It’s been said many a time previously, luck runs out, the railway is vast approaching the bottom of the barrel. Next time we won’t be so lucky. On a side note, the fence in the car park took a significant hit from a chunk of rail, enough to break several concrete post significantly, but the chainlink didn’t fail which is good.

Poor excuse for those managing worksites to not get out of their vans and do a bit. Possessions maybe longer, worksites are not generally excessive to the point of being unable to walk the site. Add to that, a lot of works are static, no excuse really.

The object was indeed a piece of scrap rail.

Not equipment related, no. Nor was it NR staff related.

Brand awareness I’d imagine.

The track bed is shocking. The track is almost floating. I loathe doing walks over there. You can feel the bogies hunt as they go, definitely not going to help wheel wear.

I am all for transparency. Despite it being constantly drummed into us and preached that we must be, we as an organisation rarely follow it!

There is no doubt, we were lucky this wasn’t worse. Had the axle gone the other way, I would be 99% certain the leading carriage would have rode up, similar to Potters Bar. Had the full bogie come off, it’s possible the unit could have drifted towards the Up Slow and Platform, the con wouldn’t have stopped it, it’s not anchored to anything, add to that, at the point of derailment, the con was 10ft side. We are all thankful no one was hurt. It will all come out, but the RAIB and us are of the same understanding around the causes.

I need to be very careful with what I do and do not say, but having been on site since around 0800, I can confirm RAIB did not finish their investigation until nearly 1600. Only then were the BRUFF team allowed to commence operations to get the axle back on track. Only the leading axle was derailed. The Con rail was displaced due to the wheel riding the sleeper ends, from the point of derailment to the point of impact with the ramp end of the Con, the unit was not drifting toward the Up Slow, it was following the curve. The initial displacement is a result of that initial impact. I cannot say what was hit, but I can say it wasn’t equipment, nor was it NR. Regarding recovery of the asset, there just isn’t the staff around to react anymore. Very few are on days, certainly not enough to cover what is needed.

I would be up for several in Silverlink. Nice looking livery and wore by the units for a long time. Same for First Great Eastern.

I did see a lot of the mixed reviews about them which put me off, but having since purchased various 33’s, 58’s and 86’s, I have confidence.

I’ve taken a punt on the Porterbrook 47 from Key Publishing, always liked the livery. Will be my first Heljan 47. Hoping it blends nicely with the Bachmann ones.

Excellent choice, used to cab these regularly when based in Rugby. Always found them to be good riders. Fond memories including one spirited run through Kilsby Tunnel when the HNR’s were closed. The potential for Revolution from here is endless. Can’t wait for the order book to open, I’ll need a few.

Any of the Fastline Trio and 56311- would always see them for crew changes at Rugby. I remember being called out one evening to a rail head defect, reported by station staff. Got to site and immediately obvious, the last train had gunned it and wheel spun, 4x grooves followed by 6x grooves. Turned out it was 56311 running with a traction motor isolated. Had to be stopped in Northampton for its wheels to be assessed. Got a nice easy O/T shift out of it to replace the rail. Any of these below would be good, as you can tell I like the early privatisation era. 56003 Loadhaul 56004 Blue 56011EWS 56057 EW&S 56099 T Rail 56109 Unbranded Loadhaul 56111 Loadhaul 56115 EWS 56123 T Rail 56135 Unbranded Railfrieght

Knew I’d seen it somewhere. Glad to see there is a following. Always liked the 58’s, spent many a shift in them.