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Thanks Tony. Good to know that nobody was hurt.
Might be something, might be nothing.
The Rules for attaching require you to stop 6 ft short, and then ease up. If you don't stop, then by definition it's a collision.
I had one once. I was booked to attach on arrival, and rolling in gently up the platform in the Leaf Fall I suddenly was blinded by the low Autumn suddenly appearing right in front of me as I cleared the platform canopy.
It completely threw me for a second. I thought I had the brake in a gentle Step 1 setting, and it turns out I didn't. Kabooom. A hell of a bang - but the passengers didn't even notice. So it can't have been that bad.
I reported it to my manager, and the Tightlock coupling was checked over by an RST. Because the download showed me approaching at less than 5 mph and no damage was done I didn't get my name put on the 'Wall of Shame' (Incident Notice Board).
Which was nice.
Cheers, John
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