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158856 was the unit involved at Elsenham in 2005.

And what if a trampoline blows onto the line and short circuits the track circuit? You get a red, don't you? AIUI, all a green signal does is give permission to pass. It says nothing at all about what is ahead.

OK, I've read the whole of the report, and all posts in this thread. Something is bothering me. Report states that driver of the first train had a series of greens, then encountered a (false) red and was unable to stop at the signal. Given that a signal can revert to red at any time for any...

Which is probably a better course of action than driving on.

OK, here's a radical suggestion. Why don't the TOCs purchase a fleet of buses / coaches, and employ their own drivers for RRBs?

Thank you, hadn't seen an aerial view.

If you mean the Münchendorf derailment, that appears to have happened on plain line, from photographs in the press.

Looking at that aerial photo, there seems to be some heritage operation adjacent to the station. Any details?

Does anyone know anything about an apparent threat to close Lenham station on the Maidstone East Line? Apparently there's a petition open against it, and the development https://www.change.org/p/save-lenham-rail-station

Thanks for replies so far, I will be travelling by car.

I'm planning a visit to the GWR in April. Due to the distance involved, I'm planning to make it a two day visit with a night away. Where is best to stay, Cheltenham, Gotherington or somewhere else along the line? Any recommendations for B&Bs to stay at in the area?

It's amazing what you can find in a charity shop! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-60168856

That'ws cured it. Thank you.

There seems to be a slight problem accessing this site. I use Firefox and my "My Yahoo" page to get here. Click on the link for the forum and it opens in a new tab, as it is mean toe. However, where I was previously shown as logged in, now it is not showing as logged in. Click on the link to...

Thanks,@Cowley for spotting I'd requested the wrong thread to be reopened and sorting it out. The RAIB report shows a woeful lack of oversight of maintenance and failure to learn from previous incidents.

I remembe seeing one of those posters, underneath "We're Getting There" someone had written in marker pen "(but we're not taking you with us)"

The SWT train ran a red, probably due to poor rail adhesion. https://metro.co.uk/2021/11/02/train-near-salisbury-likely-crashed-after-it-couldnt-stop-due-to-track-problem-15529780/

What I was getting at was the BBC had changed their story from a stationary train being run into (original claim) to both trains arriving at the junction at the same time and colliding.