Falls of Cruachan derailment information

The Falls of Cruachan derailment occurred on 6 June 2010 on the West Highland Line in Scotland, when a passenger train travelling between Glasgow and Oban...

Falls of Cruachan railway station is a railway station located at the foot of Ben Cruachan in Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West...

speed of approximately 73 km/h (45 mph) and derailed, overturning on its right side and coming to a stand 25 m (27 yards) beyond the point of derailment, damaging...

Crash: Prince Charles Visits Aberdeenshire Site of Fatal Derailment". The Scotsman. "Stonehaven derailment: Report says climate change impact on railways...

mechanical in operation. Railway slide fence Falls of Cruachan derailment Dalton, Alastair. "Train driver tells of rocks on line before crash". The Scotsman...

The Grayrigg derailment was a fatal railway accident that occurred at approximately 20:15 GMT on 23 February 2007, just to the south of Grayrigg, Cumbria...

and the second derailment and fire in two weeks, following the Stonehaven derailment. The derailment destroyed track over a distance of 250 metres (270 yd)...

reached a set of points at the start of a loop, causing a "catastrophic derailment" of all vehicles.: 5  The leading power car came to rest 360 metres (1,180 ft)...

train derailment before an oncoming goods train hit the loose carriages killing at least 141 passengers. June 6 – The Falls of Cruachan derailment occurs...

The Little Cornard derailment occurred on 17 August 2010 when a passenger train collided with a road vehicle on a level crossing on the Gainsborough Line...

Archives: Coroners inquest into the Potters Bar Derailment, Tuesday 1 June (Retrieved 30 May 2016) "Train derailment at Potters Bar 10 May 2002 – A progress report...

opening of extension to Dalmally; renamed Tyndrum Lower in 1953; Dalmally; Loch Awe; closed 28 September 1965; reopened 1 May 1985; Falls of Cruachan; used...

metal fatigue-induced derailment, killing four people and injuring more than 70. The accident exposed major stewardship shortcomings of the privatised national...

2010, unit 156499 derailed and briefly caught fire after striking a rockfall near Falls of Cruachan station on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line...

line. It was consequently derailed into the path of an oncoming freight train, colliding at an estimated closing speed of 142 mph (229 km/h). Ten people...

"Runaway freight derails in the big freeze". The Railway Magazine. 156 (1307). London: IPC Media: 7. ISSN 0033-8923. "Derailment of a freight train at...

not more". Fletcher died of multiple injuries. The front carriage of the train was derailed, remaining upright. Fourteen of the train's 41 occupants,...

person under a train, while another described a derailment (both of which did occur, but only as a result of the explosions). A code amber alert was declared...

Scottish Rail Holdings on behalf of the Scottish Government. It has been operating the ScotRail franchise as an operator of last resort since 1 April 2022...

p. 243. ISBN 978-1-78901-408-2. "Points failure led to Dingwall train derailment". BBC News Highlands & Islands. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2013...

derailment occurred at Carmont, southwest of Stonehaven railway station, a plaque was unveiled dedicated to the three people killed in the derailment...

set of empty coaches derailed after leaving the sidings at Exhibition Centre to start the 08:38 service from Anderston to Motherwell. This derailment resulted...

collided with boulders that had fallen on the line near Falls of Cruachan, Scotland, derailed and caught fire. Several people were hospitalised and the...

closed after derailment". the Guardian. PA Media. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022. "Major disruption after freight train derails". ITV News....

also used for many years for shunting etc., and photographs exist of a derailment of a locomotive in this section in 1951. The section between Busby and...

operated by the Great Western Steam Laundry; they ran into other wagons, derailing nine and spilling coal over the line, seriously disrupting passenger traffic...

A735 road south of the station collapsed as an oil train was passing over it, resulting in several tank wagons in the consist derailing and catching fire...

British Railway" (PDF). Board of Trade. 30 October 1907. Retrieved 8 May 2022. "Rail disruption warning after train derailment at Coatbridge". BBC News Online...