Another UK train derailed and on fire

Or some asshole was going too fast.

I showed my dad this who worked for British Rail from the say he left school at 14 and retired at 70

He said there are two fires on that train in different areas

Make of that as you will

The video clearly shows this

Its from the diesel spill

Yes me Dad knows every inch of how a train works

Was Thomas hurt???

Retired locomotive engineer,38 years,two railroads.I am the one man that should investigate this train wreck.

6A11 Derailed and Caught Fire at Llangennech: At 2317, the driver of 6A11 (DBC) 2152 Robeston - Theale reported that the 3rd vehicle behind the loco, GERS type no. 89005 fuel tank was on fire. The vehicle was on the Up District line in the vicinity of Llangennech and was conveying diesel fuel so a Dangerous Goods Incident (DGI) was declared by the Route Control. The Fire Service were mobilised and at 2317, they reported that they had received a report from a member of the public that heard a loud bang and then saw a train on fire. At 2324, the driver reported that they had detached the loco from the train and driven away from the scene as the 3rd to 6th vehicles appeared to be on fire and that they were not able to advise if the train had derailed or not. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) and the British Transport Police (BTP) were advised and a LOM and MOM were sent to the scene to assist with communications and act as the Rail Incident Officer (RIO) as required. At 2337, the driver was reported to be a safe distance away from the train some 4oo yards in advance of it. The Fire Service arrived on scene at 2346 with 5 fire tenders. At 0024, the Fire Service implemented an 800m exclusion zone and set up an Incident Room at Llangennech Junior School and at 0041 it was reported that at least 3 of the vehicles had derailed with the train still on fire. At 0053, SCO 24:7 was contacted and requested to arrange for a recovery team to attend and MFSDD was declared on behalf of the Route Control at 0059 by the FSDM. Also, at 0059, it was reported that 300 properties in the area were being evacuated to Llangennech Junior School and the Llangennech Community Centre. At 0100, the Fire Service reported that 5 of the wagons were on fire, 2 wagons had derailed and fallen down the embankment and that the train had split in several places. Due to the risk of the rear portion of the train running away, the RIO and Fire Service walked from Llangennech station to the rear portion of the train to apply the handbrakes. The Fire Service confirmed that the rear portion had split far enough away from the fire to allow them to safely approach the rear portion. At 0114, it was reported that the area of the incident is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Special Area of Conservation with the nearest water course 131.47m from the scene so an Environmental Incident Report was filed. At 0145, the RAIB Duty Co-ordinator advised that inspectors had been notified to attend the site later this morning and that if the site needs to be made safe, those activities could be carried out but no site recovery or re-railing operations were to occur until they authorise it once on site. Post a multi-agency meeting in the Incident Room at Llangennech Junior School, the Fire Service stated that they were not expecting the fire to be extinguished for several days and at present were looking at possibly allowing the fire to burn out. There were 5 wagons on fire with the possibility of a 6th with each wagon carrying 100,000 litres of fuel. The BTP declared the incident a Major Incident at 0018 and at 0252, reports from a police helicopter advised the following:

From the front of the train in direction of travel.

Two wagons on track.
Three, possibly 5 derailed and on fire. The Fire Service are particularly concerned about these.
Two derailed and hot but not on fire.
Two derailed not affected by heat or fire.
Fourteen in rear all on track and ok.

The Fire Service ran out hoses to monitor/cool down the 3, possibly 5, that are a concern and stated that these hoses would not be used to extinguish the fire. At 0325, the Fire Service requested that the 14 rear wagons be moved 300 metres from the fire which was agreed as this was deemed necessary to make the site safe. The Fire Service also advised that they planned to start tackling the fire at first light and at 0338, DBC confirmed that an assisting loco was ready to depart Margam and route via Landore to move the 14 rearmost wagons clear. At 0419, the Fire Service advised that:

Fourteen wagons have been split from the train and are on the line safe.
Five wagons have split and are derailed but safe.
Four wagons have split, derailed and are on fire.
Two wagons have split and are on the track.

They also advised that the exclusion zone had been reduced from 800 metres to 500 metres. At 0426, the RAIB confirmed that they were happy for the 14 wagons to be moved clear but that they are not removed completely from the site to. It was confirmed that there were no signs of landslip at the site and the BTP confirmed no signs initially of any terrorist or malicious intent in causing the incident. There is a low risk to any further issues in terms of human risk at site i.e. explosion; however, the current high risk is the leakage of fuel into the local water course. At 0505, the FSDM requested that a Restriction of Use (RoU) notice be issued as soon as possible and forwarded to Capacity Planning.

This is what happens when you diversity hire and get rid of the old white guys that kept the system running perfectly.

January 30, 1973 – Hungary – Helvecia level crossing disaster Helvécia: A regular local bus disregards crossing signals and booms and is crushed by local train. 37 people killed, 18 injured.
February 1, 1973 – Algeria – A derailment in eastern Algeria kills 35 people and injures 51.[37][better source needed]
February 6, 1973 – United States – Littlefield, Texas: A Santa Fe freight train crashes into a schoolbus, killing 7 children and injuring 16.[38]
March 9, 1973 – United States – White Haven, Pennsylvania: A runaway train crashes into the Lehigh Valley Railroad Engine House, damaging the southeast corner of the building[39]
March 13, 1973 – United States – Hortense, GA: The Southbound auto-train derails after being hit by a truck that failed to stop at a railroad crossing.
March 18, 1973 – United States – East Palestine, Ohio: Amtrak's westbound Broadway Limited derails last five cars in heavy snowstorm, killing one Penn Central employee riding on a pass, and injuring 19 of 167 passengers on board. A spokesman said recent heavy rains may have weakened the roadbed.[40]
May 2, 1973 – United Kingdom – A freight train is derailed inside Disley Tunnel, Cheshire.[41] Six of the sixteen Presflow (bulk cement) wagons that made up the train derailed. The train ran derailed for about 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) before breaking apart and stopping.[42]
June 1973 – United Kingdom – A freight train runs away and is derailed at Ashwood Dale, Staffordshire. The line is closed for several months.[41]
July 10, 1973 – East Germany – Leipzig: The driver of a commuter train fails to notice a diversion, causing the train to derail and hit the signal box of Leipzig-Leutzsch railway station. Four people are killed, 25 injured.[33]
27 August 1973 – Poland – near Radkowice, (near Kielce): At 2.42 a.m., a passenger train Zakopane–Warsaw slams into twenty freight cars which break away from freight train – 16 people killed, 24 injured[43]
October 10, 1973 – United States – Bronx, New York: 6:09 commuter train from Brewster derails on Penn Central's Harlem Division at about 7:30am at 155th Street in the Mott Haven Yard. It crashed into a signal gantry bringing it down on top of the train. There were two minor injuries and 40,000 commuters were delayed for up to four hours.[44]
December 17, 1973 – Brazil – According to Brazilian Rede Globo television report, an express passenger train head-on collided with freight train at outskirt of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, killing 18 people, another 40 are injured.[45]
December 20, 1973 – United Kingdom – Ealing rail crash, London: An express passenger train is derailed at Ealing Broadway station due to a loose battery-box door on the locomotive hauling it striking point rodding, causing a set of points to move under the locomotive. Ten people are killed and 94 are injured.[46]
1973 – United Kingdom – An electric multiple unit overruns a signal and is in a rear-end collision with a diesel multiple unit at Shields Junction, Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[47]

lol

unions with lazy workers who always want more cash and are unruly and disrespectful..

Nothing bad to the Crustys, they helped to build what we see today. That said, many trains are auto-piloted now and days and or remote controlled routes?

What about Maintenance issues? Didn't they shut down a whole bunch of Nuclear Reactors in England because of lack of Maintenance?

Funny you bring up the nuke reactors on a thread involving trains...

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tonight we had two abnormal freight trains !!!

SE kent

highly unusual movements

somethings afoot

likely food about to run out

not in uk they don't

unless a rogue gov withdraws public funding of everything as superausterity under guise of a staged pandemic

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