Oh, apologies, the video gave the impression it was today. Will ammend my post accordingly.
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Collision and derailment at Neville Hill Depot (13/11/2019)
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Aiming for the Thunderbird to propel at 5mph the Azuma on to neville Hill, not seen latest update from site
rdlover777
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wasn’t one totally disabled recently following a fatality?
rdlover777
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Any idea what loco will be assisting?
No, sorry. It is now on depot as of 1932.
Dren Ahmeti
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Thunderbird loco.
A friend of mine just said: HST + IET = EMU:Pic of the nose of the 800
I can sort of see what he means...
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Yes. There are some legitimate questions to be asked about how they perform in accidents, both (relatively) minor and the more serious.
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But then that can happen in such rail incidents with many forms of traction.
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rdlover777
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Wish i could upvote/like replies here
It seems to be principally the fibreglass shroud of the cab that is smashed, presumably readily replaced and available. Eurostar, for example, have several spare equivalents standing by on stands outside the maintenance base at Stratford, I guess others the same. Here they are
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5592625,-0.0196513,43a,35y,270h,39.62t/data=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5592625,-0.0196513,43a,35y,270h,39.62t/data=!3m1!1e3
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You raise a good issue on whether the crash structure is strong enough. On a side note, could we be looking at the first written off 80x?
No way, Hitachi will fix it and learn whether their simulation tools are correct.
Grumpy Git
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How old is the 800?
FrodshamJnct
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Going to be an expensive job. The coupling doors alone (custom made) are £60k per set.
PG
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Give them time... using the somewhat not 100% reliable source of wikipedia... isn't EMR the owner of NL? so some half-ar$ed journo can spin a story that the private owner rushed things causing the collision!
Tetchytyke
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I doubt it, it's just a prang. They happen frequently enough, especially at Neville Hill for some reason, and always have. A 37 and a 144 had a fight at Skipton in BR days, it was an interesting photo and not much else. People only noted this one because it was a HST and an Azuma; two 377s and nobody would care.
LNW-GW Joint
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As the Azuma is owned by Hitachi (Agility Trains East) it will be a test of the long-term nature of the IEP contract if it is not repairable.
Agility have to deliver the contracted diagrams to LNER.
They might have to build an extra unit as a replacement if the contract so demands.
Agility have to deliver the contracted diagrams to LNER.
They might have to build an extra unit as a replacement if the contract so demands.
PG
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Wow - if (and its a big if) the contract is as you say then a few more mishaps could cost Hitachi dearly!
Isn't that 3 HST power cars damaged in just over a month - what if it was 3 80x's!!
Is there a chance the damage to the Azuma may look a lot worse than it is?
To my untrained eyes it looks like its mostly cosmetic damage to the fibreglass nose, the window of the cab doesn't look broken or even deformed.
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https://twitter.com/Yorkshire_Pics/status/1195041167764852737
Damage looks less serious than suggested in this thread...
Damage looks less serious than suggested in this thread...
Really? Have you seen the other pictures in this thread?
That, and someone saying 60k to fix the front nose and coupling units
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