Derailment at Earls Court

Seems strange to report a derailment on plain track.

Probably best to see what emerges in terms of RAIB reporting.

Yep

They do happen on all forms of track and we have an engineers train involved so there are numerous reasons, but I won't speculate.

that would be the second engineers train to derail causing delays to passenger services.
the first was on the central a few months ago.

The derailment on the Central was within depot limits and caused no delay to passengers.

Once the on-site investigation work has concluded, then everything will need to be inspected and (if necessary) repaired. Although unlikely in this instance, derailments can damage track and track-side equipment for miles (the 2005 freight train derailment near Cheltenham caused damage to 4 miles of track that took 8 days to repair for example).
I'd hope this isn't going to take that long, but if signalling equipment was damaged then it will all have to be replaced and tested, which will take time.

Suspended between Green Park and Hammersmith.

I'm assuming trains are using the Down Street siding? That must really reduce the frequencey right?

ERU vehicles outside Earl's Court:

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At 1930, the incident train was still in position though had been separated (quite deliberately I should add!!), according to the Piccadilly line service managers daily log.

A plan is in place to to send rescue loco's from Lillie Bridge, but there is a possession there which has to be lifted first; and the RAIB are involved and have already visited the site several times throughout the day. The RAIB have a further visit planned for later on tonight, and that will probably take them into engineering hours to complete.

It goes without saying at this stage that RAIB have a job to do and so any speculation should be left to them.

From Trackernet, it would appear the rescue locomotives are currently (2230) sitting in Earl's Court platform. The time taken to clear up afterwards will depend on the track and cable damage.

Any incident where the RAIB turn up tends to become long drawn out. RAIB attendance doesn't always guarantee an investigation, though I think anything involving a derailment is pretty certain to do so, even if the train wasn't carrying passengers.

Investigation into the derailment of an engineer's train near Gloucester Road, London Underground, on 12 May 2010

The RAIB is carrying out an investigation into the derailment of an engineer’s locomotive between Gloucester Road and Earls Court stations on the London Underground network. The accident occurred at about 05:30 hrs on 12 May 2010 as the engineers train, comprising a battery locomotive, two wagons, a ballast removal machine and another battery locomotive was travelling from Cockfosters to West Ruislip. At the time it derailed, the train was negotiating a left-hand curve and travelling at around 26 mph (42 km/h). There were four people on the train, none of whom were injured. The leading locomotive and an area of track were damaged.
The RAIB’s preliminary examination had identified no evidence that the condition of the signalling system or the way the train was being driven contributed to the accident.

The RAIB’s investigation is independent of any investigations by the safety authority.

The RAIB will publish a report, including any recommendations to improve safety, at the conclusion of its investigation. This report will be available on the RAIB website.

Nah, they're much older than that.....

My pic indeed- its just a pic of the cab taken from the platform
60/70s probably
Cheers lnwrelectric for posting the RAIB thing
L24 had some botox added to it

Does each loco always have a crew of 2, what are the grades of staff on Transplant (Tubelines) trains ?