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At 2 am a northbound passenger train derailed when it struck permanent way material that had fallen from a previous train. Locomotive hit bridge pier, driver killed. [296] 3 February 1983: 1: 12: Elgin, Moray: Broken rail leads to derailment of Aberdeen-to-Inverness passenger train, rearmost coach turned on its side and slid about 100 metres. [297]
(Passenger stock and certain diesel locomotives used a roundel variant, where the words "British Railways" were in a ring surrounding the crest.) [8] From 1965, the BR Corporate Image and "Double Arrow" logo was adopted, but this logo was not applied to steam locomotives (except on the Vale of Rheidol line).
Locomotives; Multiple units; Passenger train. Commuter; ... NZ, UK) Transport portal: This is the list of rail accident lists. Lists. By year
Locomotive Services Limited: 121: British Rail: Diesel 70 110 1 1 142: Pacer: 75 120 1 2 Lumo: 803: AT300: AC electric 125 200 5 5 Merseyrail: 777/0: METRO: DC electric 75 120 46 4 Third rail mode only 777/1: 7 Third rail mode - full top speed, battery mode - 62 mph / 100 km/h Network Rail: 153: Sprinter: Diesel 75 120 4 1 Track inspection [27 ...
British Rail Motive Power Combined Volume 2000. Sheffield: Platform 5. ISBN 1-902336-13-5. Hunt, David (2005). LMS locomotive Profiles Vol. 9: Main Line Diesel-Electrics Nos. 10000 and 10001. Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 1-905184-04-2. Ian Allan (1969). British Railways Locomotives and Other Motive Power: Combined Volume. London: Ian Allan ...
On 20 May 1958, a passenger train was in collision with a locomotive and brake van at Arkleston Junction, Paisley, Renfrewshire due to errors by the driver of the locomotive. One person died and 26 were hospitalised. [9] On 28 June 1958, a rake of carriages ran away and were derailed at Lockwood, Yorkshire. [9]
Freightliner's immediate need was for improved reliability from its locomotive fleet. During 1997, the company commissioned Brush Traction to rebuild of six of its Class 47 locomotives to create the Class 57, which was fitted with reconditioned General Motors power units and reworked ex-Class 56 alternator groups. The first of these was ...
By the Class 37 Locomotive Group [9] at Mid-Norfolk Railway: D6704 37004 Second East Anglian Regiment [nb 3] [7] Scrapped By MC Metals, Glasgow, June 1996 D6705 37005 37501 37601 1) Third East Anglian Regiment [nb 3] [7] 2) Teesside Steelmaster [1] 3) Class 37 - Fifty 4) Perseus: In service Europhoenix (leased to Rail Operations Group) D6706 ...