165115

[CR165022]

Was the whole thing scrapped? Because it looked like one of the carriages wasn't that damaged, but could be wrong

 

[Spirit555]

IIRC the whole unit was eventually scrapped. All at SIMS Beeston I believe.

Mark

 

[cnjb8]

British Rail Class 165 - Wikipedia
Quoted a specific bit from the 165 Wikipedia page, says that the undamaged carriage is spare. Must be incorrect

• Ladbroke Grove rail crash: On 5 October 1999, unit 165115 passed a signal at danger while leaving London Paddington on a Thames Trains service. This resulted in a serious collision with a London-bound HST service. 31 people were killed and 417 were injured. The leading carriage of the Class 165 was completely destroyed. While the front two carriages were written off, the rear carriage was undamaged and is now a spare carriage.

 

[JonathanH]

British Rail Class 165 - Wikipedia
Quoted a specific bit from the 165 Wikipedia page, says that the undamaged carriage is spare. Must be incorrect

No chance it was 'undamaged'

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[cnjb8]

No chance it was 'undamaged'

One of the carriages involved in the Paddington rail crash is raised by crane as the clear up operation after the disaster continues Stock Photo - Alamy

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Definitely!

 

[craigybagel]

From the accident report

During the collisions described in the last two paragraphs, the middle and rear cars of
the Turbo were pushed back by about 12 metres and to the north of the track by 4.5
metres. As the HST passed the Turbo its coaches scraped along the left hand side of
the middle car of the Turbo and struck the left hand side of its rear car. Debris from
the trailing underframe of the front car came to rest under the trailing end of the
middle car. The leading wheel set from the middle car came to rest underneath the
leading end of the rear car. The rear car fell onto its right hand side, rupturing the fuel
tank on its right hand side. As the middle car was pushed backwards off the track the
right hand side of its fuel tank was ruptured. A heavy item glanced across the left
hand side of the tank causing secondary ruptures. Due to the large amount of debris it
is difficult to ascertain exactly what caused them.

It also further notes that:

In the rear car there were 62 passengers, of whom one was killed. That passenger had
been seated near the middle of the car, and her body was found under it. Death had
resulted from traumatic asphyxiation. Of the surviving passengers all but four had
sustained injuries.

Clearly the rear car was badly damaged, and not for the first time Wikipedia is wrong.

 

[XAM2175]

Clearly the rear car was badly damaged, and not for the first time Wikipedia is wrong.

In this instance, not any longer

 

[Defiance149]

One car was retained for a while but it was cut in 2002.