Train fire at Marylebone (11/12/15)

[CromptonLad]

On thoughts about 'rail replacements'...rabbits out of hats.

Consider that the incident has to be reported to control.

Control then has to find coach suppliers/depots. This won't be instant as many coach companies are fully booked day in and out or on a weekday, doing school runs or one-off private hires.

On finding a coach, a driver has to be found. Sometimes a firm has vehicles in the yard but then has no drivers available and their emergency pool unavailable. So strike off another coach firm.

Find a coach firm that can do it. Then you need to await the driver to come to the depot and sign on. Then another 15mins to do the driver's checks / walk-around.

Then you've got to get the coach from the depot to the incident site - in London, with traffic, lumbering around a large PCV - have fun.

 

[notadriver]

Plenty of casual/part time pcv drivers around. Winter is the quiet season. A lot of coach drivers don't bother with checks. Hope the vehicle is safe and the driver has had enough rest (!!)

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Plenty of casual/part time pcv drivers around. Winter is the quiet season. A lot of coach drivers don't bother with checks. Hope the vehicle is safe and the driver has had enough rest (!!)

I would hope that any bus company that allowed such practices wouldn't be on the RRB list anyway.

 

[t_star2001uk]

Interior of 12094

 

[RPM]

Interior of 12094

Looks like there is actual structural damage there. I wonder if it will be deemed a financially viable repair?

 

[t_star2001uk]

2 windows were replaced today to make it secure and stop any further damage. It does seem like most of the interior will either need to be replaced or deep cleaned. There are several seat bases, tables, air con ducting and parts of the internal paneling that were levered out by the fire brigade, the carpeting is still waterlogged and there does appear to be a lot of water in the sub floor. There is a split in one of the welded seams on the body side of the vehicle just below one of the broken windows. Underneath there appears to be damage to the air con module. The above is only my opinion of the damage and as im NOT a qualified engineer, coach body maker or vehicle builder should only be seen as personal observations of the damage.....

 

[SpacePhoenix]

Looks like there is actual structural damage there. I wonder if it will be deemed a financially viable repair?

Will it have to be striped down to the bare bodywork through-out in any case?

 

[t_star2001uk]

As i said im not an engineer but it certainly looks that way. Most of the interior paneling , like the roof, toilets, vestibules, only appear to have smoke damage but the carpeting throughout is soaked.