Hardly ever,
When the Grayrigg derailment took place in 2007 & the pendolino sadly came off & went down the embankment, one female news reporter made a big thing about......
'the hero virgin driver who bravely remained at the wheel'.......'Thankfully he managed to "Steer" his train out of the way of the southbound line & right down the embankment to avoid a head on collision'.
The comment was something along those lines..(no pun intended)
'Steering the train down the embankment' ..What Utter 5hite!!!!
Imagine having to do a three point turn in a 9 coach pendolino??
You would think that these so called media professionals would get it right, they are after all supposed to be reporting facts after all?.
I don't know if anybody noticed it but the BBC aired a so called historical documentary programme in 2016 called 'Full Steam Ahead'?.
At the end of each episode you could send off to the OU for a free poster & fact sheet etc that was made in conjunction with the programme regarding British railway history (entitled "Our Railways").
It had a stock photo of a GERMAN!!!!! steam loco on the front immediately below the title .."Our Railways".
Can you imagine some Open University/BBC fact sheet" ..... say.....entitled something like hmmmm??? 'famous British aircraft through the ages'....having something like a stock photo ME109 on the cover???..
Meh!..... its railways.....it's old.....it goes chuff chuff.....it'll do.....it's a train.......screw the accuracy.....(& this is meant to be a learning tool/fact sheet).
Full Steam Ahead - OpenLearn - Open University
Very poor indeed.