Sutton Coldfield Accident 1994

[dave_wm]

Hello,

I came across this entry on the Railway Archive website - I've never heard about this crash but I'm wondering if anyone else does. The photo appears to show a 150 with some front-end damage...

http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=8888

 

[John Webb]

I would guess, as no formal investigation report is available, that it was probably a minor bump at low speed. Possibly one unit approaching another to couple and was going a little too fast? Or if Sutton Coldfield has any bays, a minor overrun in one of those? (Clearly something much less than the 1955 derailment!)

 

[dave_wm]

I presume so - but by 1994 the station had lost its bay platform, and didn't have any permissive working! Definitely something rather less serious than 1955 though!

 

[sprinterguy]

There seems to be a substantial amount of compression to the front of that 150. The photo is grainy, but I'm trying to work out what is occupying the lower quarter of the image: There seems to be a lot of detritus scattered around in front of the unit. Had it hit something substantial on the track perhaps?