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Post by 1018509 on Apr 26, 2011 13:47:56 GMT
Does anyone have pictures of the National Rail breakdown train hauled by a class 47 Brush between Ruislip and Kilburn when it was used at the Kilburn incident?
I can't remember when the incident was but saw the train at Rayners Lane E/bound but never had a camera.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2011 14:47:04 GMT
Likewise, I went to Eastcote to see it on the way to Kilburn, but by then it was dark and still foggy. The accident was on 11/12/84 in the morning and occurred opposite Kilburn NB platform because of blocking back on the northbound Met caused by a SPAD on the NB Met starter at Willesden Green.
5116, 6029 and 5029 were scrapped as a result.
Sorry, I didn't have my camera either!
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Post by graeme186 on Apr 26, 2011 20:10:33 GMT
I still have the original BBC/ITV news coverage on a video somewhere. Coverage of the accident came second to a multiple road vehicle accident on the M4 in Wiltshire that morning which killed a number of people. The fog that was a factor at Kilburn was also a factor in the M4 tragedy.
The trains involved were the 1019 Baker St to Wembley Park and the 1023 Baker St to Watford. Sadly, the driver was killed and if I recall correctly, was driving his first shift as a fully qualified driver having 'passed out' the day before. Unfortunately, the driver failed to follow all of the the Rule Book requirements in place at the time regarding passing automatic signals at danger. Met trains reversed south to north via Neasden Depot for the remainder of the day whilst Jubilee Line trains operated either side of the obstruction. I didn't know about the SPAD though. I had always understood the blocking back was due to post AM peak congestion at Wembley Park which occurs from time to time due to trains coming out of service and reversing into the depot.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2011 20:37:13 GMT
The congestion could also have been because of congestion approaching Wembley, but the most important factor was the SPAD at Willesden Green on ME28 (I think - it was definitely the starter). The driver involved in the SPAD I interviewed some years later for a promotional post he had applied for.
All other details correct though.
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Post by metman on Apr 26, 2011 21:13:33 GMT
Was a sad day, I was very young at the time. The trains involved suffered badly with their heavy steel chasis ripping through the aluminium bodies.  |
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