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Services affected by derailment (BBC News)

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Old 16th June 2009, 12:24
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Services affected by derailment (BBC News)

Rail services out of Derby are disrupted following the derailment of a fright train just outside the station.

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Old 16th June 2009, 18:38
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Rail services out of Derby are disrupted following the derailment of a fright train just outside the station.

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What's a fright train?...............Is it like a ghost train at the funfair?
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What's a fright train?...............Is it like a ghost train at the funfair?

Or perhaps a Frightliner

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Or perhaps a Frightliner

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With the grim reaper at the controls with his boney fist grasping the dead mans handle ........................
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Driver Arthur Askey??
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Old 17th June 2009, 21:59
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A class 31 derailed at the south end of Derby station. Apparently it was running with the leading axle on skates due to a siezed motor, under its own power, when it met its most deserved comeuppance on a crossing. It was leaning at a most drunken angle when I saw it.
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