Hi all
Rumours circulating the West Midlands tonight that 66057 has run away
from Blake Street, through Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley
and derailed at Alrewas.

I am sure this is speculation, particularly after the incident at
Rhymney.

Anyone know more ?

Cheers

Hello;

No...it's fact..

Regards
STU from Egdl


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> Hi all
> Rumours circulating the West Midlands tonight that 66057 has run away
> from Blake Street, through Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley
> and derailed at Alrewas.
>
> I am sure this is speculation, particularly after the incident at
> Rhymney.
>
> Anyone know more ?
>
> Cheers
> 

"Stu"  wrote in message 
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> Hello;
>
> No...it's fact..
>
> Regards
> STU from Egdl
>


ooPS...Sorry for top-posting...



>
>  wrote in message 
> news:1123454557.224936.300330@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi all
>> Rumours circulating the West Midlands tonight that 66057 has run away
>> from Blake Street, through Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley
>> and derailed at Alrewas.
>>
>> I am sure this is speculation, particularly after the incident at
>> Rhymney.
>>
>> Anyone know more ?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>
> 

wrote in message 
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> Hi all
> Rumours circulating the West Midlands tonight that 66057 has run away
> from Blake Street, through Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley
> and derailed at Alrewas.
>
> I am sure this is speculation, particularly after the incident at
> Rhymney.
>
> Anyone know more ?


Yes I do.

RUNAWAY LIGHT LOCOMOTIVE : A class 66 locomotive stabled within a possession 
at Blake Street on the Up line has run away, has passed Lichfield Trent 
Valley High Level  and en route towards Wichnor Jn. The loco has passed 
through two worksites with no injuries reported and has smashed thru two 
sets of level crossing gates.

Confirmed that locomotive involved is 66057 and which has become derailed 
all wheels at Alrewas, where the double line becomes Single at that point 
line continuing as the Single line, and the Up line (on which the loco was 
running) physically ends. Loco also foul of the Down line.

KW

Anyone fot it?

"1501"  wrote in message 
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> Anyone fot it?
>

Quite a few , but its gone now, except for the two pairs of matchwood level 
crossing gates.

wyrleybart@hotmail.com wrote:

> Hi all
> Rumours circulating the West Midlands tonight that 66057 has run away
> from Blake Street, through Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley
> and derailed at Alrewas.
>


I haven't seen any mention of this in the press, which is surprising as
for once a level crossing incident that the railway can be blamed for.

The crossings north of Lichfield did seem to be on the busy side, last
time I passed that way, so fortunate there was no accident.

Wonder what speed was reached?

Anyone know the gradients around Lichfield. It's not a route covered by
the Mainline Gradient Profiles (Ian Allen).

Come to think of it, it does feel like you go gently downhill for quite
a while approaching Lichfield City.

allan tracy wrote:

> 
> wyrleybart@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Hi all
> > Rumours circulating the West Midlands tonight that 66057 has run away
> > from Blake Street, through Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley
> > and derailed at Alrewas.
> >
> 
> I haven't seen any mention of this in the press, which is surprising as
> for once a level crossing incident that the railway can be blamed for.


There's a short piece about it in the Times today.

-- 
John Ray, London UK.