Special Workings & Charters

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RE: Special Workings & Charters

(23/01/2013 17:48)507022 Wrote:  Item on BBC Manchester news about an ECS working to Carnforth with TnT class 47s has derailed near Salford Crescent and rear loco on fire. Severe delays into Picc and Vic from Newton le Willows and Salford Crecent

Derailment occured between Ordsall Lane and Windsor Bridge. Lines affected were Lime Street/North Wales to Manchester Victoris/Oxford Road/Piccadilly/Airport, and services through Salford Crescent to stations south of Piccadilly.
The train was owned by the West Coast Railway Company and was heading back to Carnforth after tyre turning at Siemens, Ardwick. The train was being hauled by tnt Class 47 and it is understood that it was the rear loco 47500 that derailed and caught fire. Whilst the cause will not be known until an investigation is completed sources in the know suspect axle failure on 47500.