Freight derailment in Tameside (Greater Manchester), with one minor injury (06/09)

[Towers]

The Manchester Evening News is reporting a freight train derailment this afternoon, with one minor injury. Link to the article below:

Freight train travelling through Tameside derails injuring one person

he train was carrying a load of construction aggregate towards Manchester on the Stockport to Stalybridge line and was said to have been travelling at 'low speed' at the time

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A huge emergency services operation was launched today after a freight train derailed near to a bridge over a road in Tameside. The train was carrying a load of construction aggregate towards Manchester on the Stockport to Stalybridge line and was said to have been travelling at 'low speed' at the time.

 

[Freightmaster]

This was the train involved:

Realtime Trains | 6J46 0850 Peak Forest Cemex Gbrf to Hope St Peakstone P.Sdgs | 06/09/2024

Real-time train running information for 6J46 0850 departure from Peak Forest Cemex Gbrf to Hope St Peakstone P.Sdgs on 06/09/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

 

[Western 52]

According to the Reach article, NR say this is a freight only line. I thought it still had the parliamentary train, or has that stopped?

 

[YorkRailFan]

RAIB have sent a team of inspectors to the site:

We’ve deployed a team of Inspectors to gather evidence following a freight train derailment on the Stockport to Stalybridge line in Greater Manchester.
The team will undertake a preliminary examination to decide whether or not a full investigation is required.

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Thankfully, given where the train derailed, passenger services won't be disrupted by a line closure.

 

[syorksdeano]

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[Freightmaster]

According to the Reach article, NR say this is a freight only line. I thought it still had the parliamentary train, or has that stopped?

The derailment occurred between Denton Junction and Ashton Moss Junction,
rather than the Stockport to Stalybridge line itself.



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[class 9]

Is it me or are GBRF having a disproportionate number of incidents these days?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The derailment occurred between Denton Junction and Ashton Moss Junction, rather than the Stockport to Stalybridge line itself.

If the nearby properties are indeed on Sidmouth Street, Audenshaw (East Manchester), as per the linked newspaper report, then that's just to the North of Audenshaw Reservoir and is maybe a third of a mile or so along the freight line from Denton Junction towards the point where the line crosses above the Manchester->Glossop/Hadfield line. Likely that it's a long train, was it one of the frontmost or rearmost wagons that's derailed?

 

[The Middle]

Photos doing the rounds on Facebook

 

[Efini92]

If the nearby properties are indeed on Sidmouth Street, Audenshaw (East Manchester), as per the linked newspaper report, then that's just to the North of Audenshaw Reservoir and is maybe a third of a mile or so along the freight line from Denton Junction towards the point where the line crosses above the Manchester->Glossop/Hadfield line. Likely that it's a long train, was it one of the frontmost or rearmost wagons that's derailed?

Not sure how many wagons in total but it seems beyond the 10th wagon that derailed. The rumours are suggesting a brake demand on the rear loco caused it.

 

[Geeves]

Its unusual for the Hope St to be top and tailed, though never say never I suppose!

I hadnt noticed before on the enlarged image under the bridge you can see the wheels of one of one of wagons, slightly worrying!

 

[syorksdeano]

That's going to take a few months to sort out. One of the photos clearly shows the bridge is damaged

 

[Sun Chariot]

That's going to take a few months to sort out. One of the photos clearly shows the bridge is damaged

Yes that bridge deck damage I hope is limited to the timbers, not the structural steel girders.

 

[66701GBRF]

O

The rumours are suggesting a brake demand on the rear loco caused it.

How does a brake demand on a rear loco cause that?

 

[billh]

I know this area very well,there are houses either side of the line here. It was originally Ashton Moss Junction, the direct line to Droylsden Station, closed 1968. The line curves downhill crossing the Guide Bridge- Piccadilly line then the Ashton Canal . The train loco is stopped on the Canal Bridge. The photo shows damage to Sidmouth St Bridge- are the crossbeams bent? This is going to be a very difficult clean up operation and it looks like both tracks are wrecked

 

[M60lad]

Not to sure whether it would any affect on things but it couldn't have happened at a worse time considering that from today Calder Vale line is shut due to bridge replacement at Castleton.

 

[Chingy]

O

How does a brake demand on a rear loco cause that?

You wouldn’t get a brake demand anyway as the brake pipe (E70) would’ve been isolated.

And if it wasn’t, you wouldn’t get a brake pipe in the first place!

 

[43096]

You wouldn’t get a brake demand anyway as the brake pipe (E70) would’ve been isolated.

And if it wasn’t, you wouldn’t get a brake pipe in the first place!

Do 66s have E70s?

 

[66701GBRF]

Indeed, just trying to figure out what the rumors were trying to get at.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

The photo shows damage to Sidmouth St Bridge- are the crossbeams bent? This is going to be a very difficult clean up operation and it looks like both tracks are wrecked

Absolutely not an easy clean up and then assessment of the damage. At least there is no OHLE to complicate matters.

 

[Chingy]

Do 66s have E70s?

Yes

 

[billh]

Not to sure whether it would any affect on things but it couldn't have happened at a worse time considering that from today Calder Vale line is shut due to bridge replacement at Castleton.

With Calder Valley shut,the Drax trains are being diverted away from this line anyway. The biggest deal is the already diverted T & T Ashburys , because of New Mills. Not sure what route that can take now? There are several ECS through the day from/to Newton Heath these could go via Philips Park with a reversal at Guide Bridge loop, There are a few binliners that need a different route as well.

 

[Efini92]

O

How does a brake demand on a rear loco cause that?

I wondered that myself

 

[Jack Hay]

With Calder Valley shut,the Drax trains are being diverted away from this line anyway. The biggest deal is the already diverted T & T Ashburys , because of New Mills. Not sure what route that can take now? There are several ECS through the day from/to Newton Heath these could go via Philips Park with a reversal at Guide Bridge loop, There are a few binliners that need a different route as well.

The line is the principal route for Northern to get DMUs from Newton Heath to the south side lines - the Mid Cheshire, Buxton, Marple, and so on. So it is well used for ECS. Presumably Network Rail will have to find paths for these via the Ordsall Curve instead.

 

[Efini92]

The line is the principal route for Northern to get DMUs from Newton Heath to the south side lines - the Mid Cheshire, Buxton, Marple, and so on. So it is well used for ECS. Presumably Network Rail will have to find paths for these via the Ordsall Curve instead.

Northern didn’t have that much that went via the crowthorne lines did they? I don’t think the line from guide bridge to Stockport is affected.

 

[Geeves]

There is a train that's been top and tailed for a while due to the closure at New Mills but thats the DB Ashburys train where as this is the GBRF Hope St train that doesnt require two engines as theres a loop in use in Salford

Maybe is where the confusion is coming from

 

[billh]

Not sure how many wagons in total but it seems beyond the 10th wagon that derailed. The rumours are suggesting a brake demand on the rear loco caused it.

I have never ever seen this train top and tailed over many years. It used to be 2x37s DH years ago

 

[Nicholas Lewis]

The line is the principal route for Northern to get DMUs from Newton Heath to the south side lines - the Mid Cheshire, Buxton, Marple, and so on. So it is well used for ECS. Presumably Network Rail will have to find paths for these via the Ordsall Curve instead.

Argh good to see the Ordsall Loop has at last come into its own

 

[Efini92]

I have never ever seen this train top and tailed over many years. It used to be 2x37s DH years ago

I didn’t say it was top and tailed, just the rear loco. I’m not sure of the formation, just what was in the control log. See attached

 

[billh]

Northern didn’t have that much that went via the crowthorne lines did they? I don’t think the line from guide bridge to Stockport is affected.

there's a couple or three of ECS before 9AM and one about 16:00, Not much else.