Forteviot 47522 June 82
On June 2nd 1982 47522 at Forteviot (nr Perth) on temporary track after righting a month after the crash detailed below....
Delivered new from Crewe Works on 041166 as D1104, this two tone green machine was immediately allocated to the Eastern Region. Most will probably remember her as a dual heat York based 47522 in later years, being common on passenger and vans both by day and night across the length of the ECML.
Like her dual heat classmates she was often borrowed/diagrammed on Internal Scottish turns and on one such turn, the 1335 Glasgow-Aberdeen, that 47522 made newspaper headlines and unfortunately resulted in injuries (some serious) to passengers and loco driver back on 040582.
A tractor/trailer combination had become stuck on a steeply ramped accommodation crossing at Forteviot (nr Perth). Despite an instant emergency braking from full line speed, the 7 coach train still collided with the obstruction at 55mph.
The accident report details how the loco on hitting the tractor/trailer pivoted and effectively "flew" for a short distance before crashing down an embankment and into a ditch. 6 of the 7 coaches followed down the bank with the buckeye coupling holding on most of the coaches despite the severity of the impact.
A quality Crewe works rebuild followed and she was back in service 18 months later.
A Tony Ewer photo
Forteviot 47522 June 82
On June 2nd 1982 47522 at Forteviot (nr Perth) on temporary track after righting a month after the crash detailed below....
Delivered new from Crewe Works on 041166 as D1104, this two tone green machine was immediately allocated to the Eastern Region. Most will probably remember her as a dual heat York based 47522 in later years, being common on passenger and vans both by day and night across the length of the ECML.
Like her dual heat classmates she was often borrowed/diagrammed on Internal Scottish turns and on one such turn, the 1335 Glasgow-Aberdeen, that 47522 made newspaper headlines and unfortunately resulted in injuries (some serious) to passengers and loco driver back on 040582.
A tractor/trailer combination had become stuck on a steeply ramped accommodation crossing at Forteviot (nr Perth). Despite an instant emergency braking from full line speed, the 7 coach train still collided with the obstruction at 55mph.
The accident report details how the loco on hitting the tractor/trailer pivoted and effectively "flew" for a short distance before crashing down an embankment and into a ditch. 6 of the 7 coaches followed down the bank with the buckeye coupling holding on most of the coaches despite the severity of the impact.
A quality Crewe works rebuild followed and she was back in service 18 months later.
A Tony Ewer photo