Class 66 Derailment at Loch Treig: The Causes and Aftermath of the Incident

[@barrycaldwell5461]

Bet the train driver needed new pants after 😂😂😂😂

[@IndianaNorthWestern]

Imagine dying at your job and management gives your replacement a sticker to "remember your history by"

[@declanjoyce8640]

What a great video...cheers

[@lynnmorton7544]

So, the wreckage was cannibalised for parts (85%), the chassis scrapped and the locomotive replaced with a brand new unit, using the original number Have I got that right?

[@1974silverboy]

Couldn't they just reassemble it afterwards? Only the main frame is one 70ft section, everything else bolts on to that.

[@threeshirescyclist554]

The cabs now make a great pair of driving simulators

[@_Lemor2008_]

You are back!?!

[@jamesbeckwith3639]

Why is this only now being shown 11 years on?

[@paulkettle8834]

Nope - this Timelapse has been kicking around on other channels pretty much since the recovery

[@johnnoonan5802]

its been out a long time i saw the video before cant recollect but it could have been 5 years ago at least

[@Hacienda_27]

Do the stobart rail one next please 😮

[@T_Kazahaya]

流石に現地解体になったとはいえ、85%の部品は再利用できたというのが素晴らしいです。日本だと税制の関係もあるので現地で解体した車両はそのまま廃棄処分になります。

[@alanjones4622]

Pronounced Loch Treeg phonetically and the other name mentioned is "Corour", also phonetically. I am not Scottish but having spent many years mountaineering in the Scottish Highlands pronunciation of the names of mountains and other features has become automatic, plus I have been coached on occasions by Highland residents or Scottish mountaineers..

[@whiteheatherclub]

I'm pretty sure that the Bly in Blyth rhymes with my.

[@drdoolittle5724]

What a superb piece of input, so vital?

[@WalkWithWallace]

Think it’s an AI type generated voice.

[@drdoolittle5724]

@@WalkWithWallace G help us all!

[@steveluckhurst2350]

​@@drdoolittle5724yep. Correct pronunciation might have given the narrator at least some credibility.

[@Mr_Phil_B]

Think the original 66734 was scrapped in place of the new 66734 last i knew.

[@waterbluedeep]

Could have craned It out whole complete of wanted - bogies complete about 18 tonnes leaving car body of about 90 tonnes A 2 x 45 tonne lift with a reasonable tight tight luffing distance

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Oh goodness. Why didn't they consult you?

[@maghost_rider5698]

Out out that far they couldn't. clearly haventy a clue otherwise you wouldn't suggest such nonsense.

[@TheRip72]

If they lifted the bogies & bodies out separately then it would hardly be complete. Removing it in components is exactly what they did.

[@TheManFrayBentos]

@waterbluedeep Utter bollocks.

[@jonchilds1637]

Not a hope in hell!!

[@dannyw7479]

I always pictured and assumed the trains would be removed whole. Never considered it would be dismantled and removed in parts, which makes so much more sense, lol

[@iain4295]

Suspiciously, it looks like this was done to make the most money for QTS.

[@neilrobertson811]

@@iain4295 Don't be a muppet. If they could have got it up in one piece in a few hours they would have but there's no rail crane in existence that could lift 130 tons that far away from the track.

[@stokes8762]

@@iain4295 Exactly, they could have asembled a land crane in that time, probably cheaper too

[@WillWilkinson-ms5gw]

pronounced B lie th, not Blith.

[@juular1565]

Also pronounced Loch Treeg, not Trayg.

[@xxxxxtrxxx13]

GBRf honouring 66 734 is admirable and I really appreciate them for it. Simple but thoughtful move. They could have just moved on but they didn't. They recognize that locomotives aren't just masses of steel and wires. Same way special cars are treated as something more than objects

[@TheRip72]

It was too heavy to move in 1piece, but the fact that its running number was re-used infers that it was disassembled then re-assembled elsewhere.

[@6yjjk]

@@TheRip72 It wasn't, as mentioned (and shown) in the video. It was chopped up on site and used for parts. Other comments here mention the cabs being used for driving simulators.

[@mattdandex]

I assume the driver was ok?

[@09weenic]

Yes he was

[@whiteheatherclub]

He must have been praying that the locomotive would come to rest before it reached the loch.

[@nickaxe771]

Interesting....hope nobody was injured. I take it that the loco needed cutting up in a way that made it usable again....if so that's a shame.....but hopefully lots of parts off the loco where reusable.....ie power plant bogies ect ect. What an earth was it hauling Aluminium Powder in the Scottish Highlands??????

[@6yjjk]

There's a massive aluminium smelter at Fort William.

[@nickaxe771]

@@6yjjk Didnt know there was one......has it got a source of CHEAP ELECTRICITY. Cant think of any other reason for it to be UP THERE.

[@6yjjk]

@@nickaxe771 Yep, hydro; search "Lochaber hydroelectric scheme" for more info. Loch Treig, ironically, is one of the reservoirs.

[@6yjjk]

@@nickaxe771 I answered this but my comment isn't showing up. Hydro power. Ironically, Loch Treig is one of the reservoirs for this.

[@nickaxe771]

@@6yjjk Ok.....looked it up now...yes hydro power.....I know smelting raw ali needs massive amounts of power. Saw the Ali plant in Iceland......more or less free power....from underground boiling water.

[@bassetdad437]

I would book that as an earth fault.

[@nottinghillad]

Very clever

[@simonweston4337]

🎉

[@elsaarmstrong-zp6ng]

The fact that nobody was hurt during the de-railment and hazardous salvage is the main point in my opinion! This machine was well over 100 tons along with all the debris it took with it! 😊Fraser!

[@toby-s9v]

the train is new a queen mammorial unit painted pink and white

[@smalltounboy]

Your pronunciations make this unwatchable, why couldn't you have done a little bit more of research

[@Nick-ye5kk]

It was fine, just because you pronounce something in a certain way doesn't mean I have to.

[@beeble2003]

It's AI generated, as you can tell by the British-accented voice missing the "and" in "one hundred thirty tons".

[@graememckay9972]

Imagine a driverless passenger train doing this. Driverless is a long long way off. Passengers would self evacuate with no idea what to do on the network.

[@beeble2003]

British accent but says "One hundred thirty". Hello AI. Bye bye, video.

[@BJHolloway1]

Very interesting video. However you do need to perfect your pronunciation of Blyth.

[@TechnoJonny]

Also needs to know that they are called wagons not cars, That video was put up by QTS group who dismantled the loco, it was done in several weeks not a year.

[@beeble2003]

It's AI narration of an AI-generated script -- British people say "one hundred AND thirty", not "one hundred thirty".

[@09weenic]

Jeez the pronunciations on this video 😩

[@stevensteptoe682]

Imagine if it had happened at Milngavie or Wemyss Bay.

[@suzukibobbygg]

Haha - North Blith! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@suffolkpompey]

Just what I was thinking, more Americanisms creeping in, this is the UK we say one hundred AND thirty tons, not one hundred thirty tons.

[@beeble2003]

@@suffolkpompey Clear sign of AI narration of an AI-generated script.

[@rocketdyneF1]

What do you mean? *watches video* Oh God!!!

[@dsingh412]

How on earth did that get there anyone know?

[@spentacle]

If you read the description and listen to the start it ran into a landslip on the track.

[@colinnich]

Actually watching the video usually helps with these types of questions

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Almost as thrilling as when the "motion history" guy reads out a wiki article.

[@GaryNumeroUno]

What a faff and waste of a perfectly good loco! BR recovered many locos in similar situations over decades without all that nonsense. And they still worked after repairs!

[@Nick-ye5kk]

Trust the Scots to find the most expensive solution for any engineering problem.

[@davidfalconer8913]

Most derail events are rare in the UK .... but ( almost ? ) a monthly incident in the USA ... video : Peco City Texas , a few days ago ... there are numerous US videos of others ......................... DAVE™ 🛑

[@Truthall]

NOT true, you just never hear of most of them...

[@davidfalconer8913]

@@Truthall Maybe they do not like bad publicity , or numerous small derails in shunting yards ( ? ) .... but ... the Americans do it bigger and more destructive ! .... I would say that should an event like Peco City , happen in the UK , it would be on Sky news ( ! ) ... I worded the comment wrong , it should have said ( Most HUGE derail events are rare in the UK ) ... Happy Christmas ..... DAVE™🛑

[@beeble2003]

There are over a thousand derailments a year in the US, though most of those are just a wheel off during switching.

[@beeble2003]

@@Truthall Any significant derailment will be reported by the RAIB. There are _very_ few.

[@nigelsmith721]

One hundred AND thirty tonnes. Pretend some of us aren't American.

[@thomasstewart1824]

English trying to pronounce Scottish language 🤣🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@auldfouter8661]

North Blyth isn't in Scotland but you couldn't resist a dig.

[@adamsfamily4060]

Line would have been cleared much quicker in US.

[@johnmay2786]

Why would that be?

[@adamsfamily4060]

@johnmay2786 Because the US railroads are businesses, they can't afford to allow traffic to be delayed.

[@TheRip72]

@@adamsfamily4060 UK Railways are business too.

[@6yjjk]

@@johnmay2786 They have magic freedom eagles that can lift an entire locomotive.

[@richardambler8629]

I don't think the line was closed while they were cutting it up

[@DerekWalsh-l4i]

I have always wondered why such things get sheeted-over. Are the powers-that-be so ashamed of what has happened that they deem it necessary to hide the problem under a sheet ? It is a stupid reaction - just leave it as is for everone to see and photograph. We all know that it is there.

[@delboy1727]

Could it be to protect it from the elements so that parts can be recovered in a re-useable condition?

[@DerekWalsh-l4i]

@delboy1727 Doubt it. These locomotives stand, and work, in all weathers all year round. Why should resting on an embankment be any different from any normal day ?

[@delboy1727]

@@DerekWalsh-l4i I'm thinking that in daily use they get serviced, oiled, or whatever else they need to do to keep them running. Sitting in the open without any of that happening might be detrimental? I don't really know, I'm not a locomotive engineer.

[@lazyaruto1530]

@@DerekWalsh-l4i going by the information in the video the loco was probably covered up to protect it while the work to reopen the line went on and the insurance company decided what to do with it. another possibility while these work and sit in all weathers the loco is not really designed to be at that angle so they may of covered it to stop water getting in and adding more weight causing it to slide down the embankment.

[@uni-tradesupportserviceslt2166]

@@delboy1727 You`re right, delboy... when they`re running they get (or should) regular maintainence and lazyaruto makes a very valid point, as well...

[@demolitiondaz22]

This was totally the rail companies fault, and just shows the incompetence of such companies.

[@bigbaxi]

This could of been done at a tenth of the cost without engineers and health and safety pilling on costs as per every other building works. Its an insurance job Ka ching.

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Oh dear, if only they had hired someone as knowledgeable as you as their technical expert.

[@babufrik8112]

Seems like a lot of hassle and expense to go to for not much gain in return. They could have de-polluted the loco on site and just drained the oil and coolant etc then abandoned it. If the insurance had already paid out then what they recovered in parts surely wasn’t worth the added cost of disassembly.

[@alexmiller7721]

We care about our natural scenery in Scotland and the West Highland Line (this line) is considered to be one of the most scenic rail lines in Scotland. It's unlikely they would have been allowed to simply abandon it.

[@uni-tradesupportserviceslt2166]

Really..?? You want to leave a rusting wreck in that beautiful scenery..?? I guess sensitivity ain`t your strong suit...!!

[@jamesbeckwith3639]

It would be be an eyesore in such a beautiful area... especially when the scrotes start putting graffiti all over it, the souvenir hunters/scrap metal/copper thieves start taking bits off it, then it starts becoming unsafe as well as all that weight the terrain isn't going take it and it will probably end up in the Loch contaminating it. There are perfectly good parts to help service other Class 66s, it was even said that they could build another one with the engine getting around the emissions standards that has stopped more 66s being built.

[@PeterGardner-e1z]

And just leave it there??

[@steveluckhurst2350]

And that comment why the world is such a shithole. Have some respect for the environment.