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A train has derailed near Stonehaven.

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Old 12th August 2020, 12:40
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A train has derailed near Stonehaven.

A train has derailed near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, sparking a major response from emergency services.

About 30 emergency vehicles - including air ambulance support - are at the scene, with more continuing to arrive.

Smoke can be seen coming from the area. It is not yet clear if anyone has been injured.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-53751678


PS Reports suggest the train has 'fallen down an embankment' with early images from the scene showing smoke billowing across the area.


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They're suggesting that an overnight flood may have something to do with it.
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Latest news is 3 fatalities including the driver and may have run into a landslide.
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Yes, it made the late nite tv news here.
Sad indeed.
Will hafta await the RAIB incident report to be published.
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As I heard it they were backing up to return to Salthouses when they ran into something. Can those sets be controlled from either end or could someone look out of a rear window to see if the way was clear?
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As I heard it they were backing up to return to Salthouses when they ran into something. Can those sets be controlled from either end or could someone look out of a rear window to see if the way was clear?
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I believe that this was a short-form HST, so there was a cab at either end. So the driver would have been driving normally. I've heard that the train was turned back from a first landslide, so I don't know whether he was running Wrong Road or it was a signalled move.

We'll find out in time, no doubt.

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I believe that this was a short-form HST, so there was a cab at either end. So the driver would have been driving normally. I've heard that the train was turned back from a first landslide, so I don't know whether he was running Wrong Road or it was a signalled move.

We'll find out in time, no doubt.

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From the photos, the rear power car is still on the track and is on the correct line. It was reported that the train had initially set back 'wrong road' from the first landslip, but was then able to crossover to the right road at some point.
Whilst not wishing to speculate on the cause, it must be the case that this train had passed this location on the outward trip (on the opposite line) and so there must have been nothing obviously wrong here when they passed earlier. At least two other northbound services had earlier passed this location without incident.
As you say BW, the facts will come out in time.
Condolences to the families of the driver, conductor and passenger who were killed in the accident.

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A derailment which left three people dead happened after the train struck a landslip covering the track, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-53778891
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Here is the official description of the events leading up to the incident

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/p...-aberdeenshire
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Very sad. I saw the detailed report at the Daily Mail. R.I.P.
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