I remember when this happened, my best friend lived nearby and the area was a regular hangout for us. Was fascinating to watch the effort that went into preparing the accident site for recovery. It included laying a road and suitable hard standing for a crane.
heres is why class 66 look like this Story: In 2010 a train was carrying containers to carrbridge but out of nowhere the train derails in a icy rail and some wagons get bash each other and after the crash it was not repaired after that incident So RIP (Rest In Peace) Class 66 66048 🕊🕊
All information about the loco after its crash is wrong, before being sold to CF Booths and then EMD 66048 spent many years at Toton in Stobart Rail livery being stripped of useable parts as when by DBC. Until it was just a body shell then when sold it was put into this black livery………….I have photographic evidence to back this up
Probably waiting for another 66 to get significantly damaged at one end, then they will have a cab to graft back on. Sadly this means someone will have likely died for this empty shell to be of any use
What's your source for that claim? I didn't read the RAIB report in full, but the contributing factors section of it doesn't seem to mention this at all. And the brake system didn't fill with water. The cause was ice build up on the exterior of the system, caused by running through falling and lying snow.
It was brake rigging on train and loco packed with frozen snow/ice that effected brake force , the air system shouldn't freeze as it goes through air dryer after compressor . There was a functional air brake system before crash as driver did running brake test before crash , unfortunately incline slowed train so driver incorrectly assumed there was some brake force
I remember when this happened, my best friend lived nearby and the area was a regular hangout for us.
Was fascinating to watch the effort that went into preparing the accident site for recovery. It included laying a road and suitable hard standing for a crane.
This guy does the best loco videos
Looks like a Magpie has set up a nest in the sand box.
It is incredible to see how long it has lasted in this state but also how it got there!
I saw this in person from a distance in carrbridge a few days after it crashed when i was very young. It was a stobart train.
I know someone who visited this site on a Sunday and borrowed one of the window sliders from the cab as a souvenir
heres is why class 66 look like this Story: In 2010 a train was carrying containers to carrbridge but out of nowhere the train derails in a icy rail and some wagons get bash each other and after the crash it was not repaired after that incident So RIP (Rest In Peace) Class 66 66048 🕊🕊
I've just noticed a difference in the top of the door on 66048. The door top is a different shape to the sister loco opposite.
Is that first batch next to last batch?
It'll buff out, no problem Guv!
Whats Wong with class 66 729in background. it cab door a piers to be open?
It's here for repairs, maintenance etc
It ran into the back of a Freightliner south of Doncaster a few months back.
RIP Class 66 😢
Have any damaged class 66s been repaired?
She won't go for scrap just yet, she's got a few more things they want, think it will end up on the loading pad
Was that loco, Eddie the Engine in Stobart livery when it crashed?
I think it was James the Engine, and, yes, it was in Stobart livery at the time
All information about the loco after its crash is wrong, before being sold to CF Booths and then EMD 66048 spent many years at Toton in Stobart Rail livery being stripped of useable parts as when by DBC. Until it was just a body shell then when sold it was put into this black livery………….I have photographic evidence to back this up
Probably waiting for another 66 to get significantly damaged at one end, then they will have a cab to graft back on.
Sadly this means someone will have likely died for this empty shell to be of any use
Ironically it was the re-paint that caused the brake system to fill with water and freeze , if it wasn't done that never would of happened.
What's your source for that claim? I didn't read the RAIB report in full, but the contributing factors section of it doesn't seem to mention this at all. And the brake system didn't fill with water. The cause was ice build up on the exterior of the system, caused by running through falling and lying snow.
How could a repaint make a brake system to fail. Seems like an odd statement to make 😮
Leon B Little that is complete nonsense.
I think you are trolling bud
It was brake rigging on train and loco packed with frozen snow/ice that effected brake force , the air system shouldn't freeze as it goes through air dryer after compressor . There was a functional air brake system before crash as driver did running brake test before crash , unfortunately incline slowed train so driver incorrectly assumed there was some brake force
One very dead class 66 😂😂