Train crash….salisbury

[TTmonkey]

Breaking news. Two trains.

[Charlie1986]

Apparently one on its side. Hopefully everyone is ok

[Vasco]

Seems both going in same direction, and not fast.

[l354uge]

Amazing how Twitter detectives have been able to scrape the official transcript already!

I won't post it here as it should be private but as described above, sounds awful and difficult to get to.

Hope everyone is okay

[Vasco]

l354uge said:

Amazing how Twitter detectives have been able to scrape the official transcript already!

I won't post it here as it should be private but as described above, sounds awful and difficult to get to.

Hope everyone is okay

What should be private ?

[l354uge]

Vasco said:

l354uge said:

Amazing how Twitter detectives have been able to scrape the official transcript already!

I won't post it here as it should be private but as described above, sounds awful and difficult to get to.

Hope everyone is okay

What should be private ?

It's a private internal communication from the Wessex control centre, train lovers on twitter are up in arms saying it's an offense to share it?

[Gareth79]

Wilts police have a short statement:
https://twitter.com/wiltshirepolice/status/1454902...

[Vasco]

l354uge said:

Vasco said:

l354uge said:

Amazing how Twitter detectives have been able to scrape the official transcript already!

I won't post it here as it should be private but as described above, sounds awful and difficult to get to.

Hope everyone is okay

What should be private ?

It's a private internal communication from the Wessex control centre, train lovers on twitter are up in arms saying it's an offense to share it?

I haven't got Twitter and the info I have has not come from any control centre. There are other sources for those with an interest.

[P5BNij]

The two trains involved are 1F30 and 1L53....



Just heard that the trapped driver is now free.

[Supercilious Sid]

The rain has been pretty heavy round here so it's perfectly possible that something has fallen onto the line. BBC news is concentrating on Glasgow though so not much information there.

[l354uge]

No deaths, thankfully

[l354uge]

someone somehow has pictures and inside info, can find it here if you're interested

Looks no way as bad as I first feared, but going to take a long time to get the line opened again.

[rjfp1962]

Just walking wounded according to BBC News - Could have been much worse..

[Gareth79]

It looks be near a curve/junction and near the station, so presumably they were going a relatively slow speed thankfully!

It doesn't mention how far into the tunnel it is - I guess if part of the tunnel roof fell in then it might take a while if they need to assess the rest of it. If it was a landslip outside then it would be simpler.

I'm sure it would still be interesting for whoever has to figure out how to get those trains out... Do you try and get the train upright onto the rails, or just drag them out one by one and accept the track will be fked?

edit: Answered the question, it's within the tunnel entrance: https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/14549167...

Edited by Gareth79 on Sunday 31st October 22:17

[l354uge]

Track on one side is already well buggered

[S100HP]

About 80pts in total, but only one seriously injured, and that was the driver. Our bums clenched in the control room when the details came in.

[coppernorks]

Driver's cab well crumpled, while these units [158s ?] are structurally strong, the driver has little protection.

Hopefully the driver will recover fully.

[DavePanda]

That's my brothers route as a guard, thankfully he wasn't on duty tonight. He's been doing lates recently

[Cold]

[Maggas]

Looks like it will need a new wing mirror. /Trucknet mode off