Just seen some from the site, and yes both very lucky it wasn't much worse and trackbed damage is pretty bad !! Driver did a superb job stopping in time to avoid a disaster.
For those not familiar with the area it's a canal in fact! Wherry Lines correctly described it as Haddiscoe New Cut.
Maybe, but I was told that, contrary to network rail's press release, it did actually derail (but when they tried to pull it back with another unit, not during the incident itself). I can't verify this though.
Ah, ok
Fascinating bit of history, thanks, I always wondered (from reading Arthur Ransome!).
Doesn't that mean the track was last replaced in steam days?
Flat Bottom Rail and Concrete sleepers would hold the profile better until the train was on it but would then collapse as the train passed over in my experience. The ballast and shoulders in the video have been washed away.
