Bonus mileage for the Edinburgh punters who have been given an hours tour of Abbeyhill Jn after it didn’t/couldn’t stop at Waverley.
Someone has also posted on twitter that they are on that service.
No food, toilet won’t flush, shower doesn’t work and the staff are shouting at each other
Brakes Failed!!
If there is one positive, it is that RAIB will have good poke at the brakes situation on the MK5s.Given RAIB is involved perhaps further discussion/speculation about what has or hasn’t happened this morning should wait...
Will this not require the various takes to all be pulled to be checked ? Failed brakes is not a good one ...Given RAIB is involved perhaps further discussion/speculation about what has or hasn’t happened this morning should wait...
Aren't braking systems supposed to be failsafe - ie an operating error ought to mean that they can't be released rather than that they can't be applied?The brakes themselves would have worked. They just couldn’t be activated due to an operating error earlier in the journey, which is now under review.
Sleeper stock in platform 7 just now with a loco on front, pic to follow
Update,loco has just pulled away from stock.
No 92020
And was faultless for me between Carstairs and Edinburgh on Saturday morning, not to mention splendid looking in its GBRf liveryIsn’t 92020 the one that’s just entered service following a huge rebuild/refurb?
I don't believe so, that was 92006:Isn’t 92020 the one that’s just entered service following a huge rebuild/refurb?
GBRf brings back Class 92 to run Caledonian Sleeper service
Though 92020 did undergo an extensive restoration during 2018 after being out of use since 2001.GB Railfreight (GBRf) have announced that Locomotive 92006 has re-entered service following a £2 million refurbishment at Wabtec’s Brush Traction facility in Loughborough.
The Class 92 will be used on the Caledonian Sleeper service, the overnight route between Scotland and London, once it has completed testing.
Originally completed in 1996, the Class 92 last ran in 2006 before being placed into storage in France.
And was faultless for me between Carstairs and Edinburgh on Saturday morning, not to mention splendid looking in its GBRf livery
Scotsman said:Major commuter rail disruption was caused today by a Caledonian Sleeper train breaking down after failing to stop at Waverley Station.
The train ran through the station before stopping at Abbeyhill to the east, blocking a junction and halting trains to and from North Berwirk, Dunbar, Tweedbank and London.
The incident delayed or cancelled LNER services and about a dozen ScotRail trains, including services workers heading into the capital on the Borders Railway from Tweedbank.
Our apologies to guests affected by the incident at Edinburgh this morning. Our Northbound service to Edinburgh Waverley overran the platform, due to an earlier operational issue at Carstairs. 1/2
An investigation is underway into the cause of the incident, but early indications are that there are no technical problems with the rolling stock. We have notified the relevant authorities. We anticipate that services will run as normal tonight. 2/2
Sorry, can you expand "RBT" please? Not one I'm familiar with. Unless you mean Routine Brake Test?There is nothing new under the sun, but I'd assumed a RBT was de rigeur. It is now, as they say in footy.
The locomotive brake was used to bring the train to a halt.Not being funny, but couldn't the driver have communicated with the guard and asked him/her to activate braking via the communication cord (or whatever they call it nowadays) to stop the train? Rather this than have the train carry on and overshoot the station. Just thinking what if something like a landslip had occurred in its path, or a trespasser was on the railway - not being able to stop timely could have been a disaster waiting to happen.
That's almost Campbellesque spin. Several hundred tons was unable to stop because of what seems like a human error (can and does happen) and a system that allowed it to happen and hadn't designed the risk out via software or systems. How can that not be a major, major safety issue ? Imagine if the Orange Army was working in the four foot ?The brakes themselves would have worked. They just couldn’t be activated due to an operating error earlier in the journey, which is now under review.
All rectified now, and the train arrived back at Edinburgh at 0844. Still a highly regrettable turn of events.
The "orange army" should and do have safe system of work that does not rely on anyone but themselves.That's almost Campbellesque spin. Several hundred tons was unable to stop because of what seems like a human error (can and does happen) and a system that allowed it to happen and hadn't designed the risk out via software or systems. How can that not be a major, major safety issue ? Imagine if the Orange Army was working in the four foot ?
The brakes were not faulty. They had been disabled and couldn't work. That is not a footnote in a safety briefing. It's a proper WTAF moment..... (so bad it needs a four letter acronym, not a TLA...).