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Got my copy of Steam Railway today, and there was a report of this incident. Details are sketchy because of ongoing RAIB investigation, but what has been revealed so far is this:
Network Rail owned class 37 37198 had been shunting at Quorn on May 12th, a day that the railway was not operating a public service. At the end of this shunting, 37198 was left coupled to TPO coach No. W80301, and had been chocked, apparently because English Electric locos are known to have weak handbrakes.
However, somehow the loco ran away and travelled downgrade for 2 miles to Loughborough, propelling the TPO. Just south of Loughborough station at around 12.30pm, the runaway class 37 & TPO collided 'at speed' with a rake of BR Mk1s stabled just outside the station, causing considerable damage to the TPO including one of the bogies being sheared off.
No details yet of the extent of the damage to the 37, the rake of Mk1s or any infrastructure.
Luckily, no injuries as the railway was not running that day.
Tony
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