It was 2 deer, and took out 4 of the 5 engines on the set.
sorry! just seen someone has put that already !
I assume that one engine was left running and could supply power for toilets/heat/bar. If not, it was an unacceptable time, 7 hrs, to be stuck on a train without a working toilet. It may explain why no rescue train was sent to make an evacuation on the adjacent line. Wonder how long the free drinks lasted? Perhaps the Chief Inspector of Rail and Road should be locked up in a train for 7 hours with some friends without a loo/food to focus his mind on evacuation times.
Perhaps we should have a track discharge toilet on each train for emergencies locked out when not needed?
Running into animals is not unknown and to shut down 4 engines perhaps needs a engineering look at to see if this could be possibly avoided by "beefing" up the engine spaces. I am sure the engines were ok but the dangly bits were probably ripped off.
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