Rail accident at Lawrence Hill. Bridge Strike 24 years ago, 67002, unedited clips.

[@bazza945]

This is at least the fourth time over the years I've viewed this video. Like a fine wine, it's aged well. Thank you, Mike.

[@MMitchellMarmel]

Well, here's a rarity! A Diesel that runs on coal! ;-)

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

YES, AN APPROPRIATE NAME FOR THE LOCO

[@narcissistectomy5134]

“Are you sure it was a mail train?” “Yes, because of it’s little metal balls.”

[@garyowen54]

A serious crash occurred with 67002 at Lawrence Hill (Bristol) on 1 November 2000, when a Royal Mail train passed two red signals and ran into the back of a coal train at around 3:30am. The mail train, hauled by 67002 "Special Delivery" with 67012 at the rear, was travelling at 50 mph when the incident occurred. The locomotive climbed over the back of the coal train, coming to rest 40 yards (37 m) later on top of a coal wagon and against the A420 Church Road bridge. The driver of the mail train suffered a broken arm and cuts to the face and chest, but there were no other injuries.[38][39][40][41] The incident was initially suspected to be caused by faulty brakes, but was later found to be caused by misunderstanding and incorrect use of the locomotive's brake pipe isolation valve by railway staff.[39][42]

[@mikecole819]

You are so right. I completely forgot that. Thanks for the reminder.

[@class8866]

a very special delivery indeed !

[@mollyfilms]

There is footage just after the event as the fire brigade arrive. It’s in the BBC archive. I know as I was the cameraman on call that night. Can’t believe it was so long ago!

[@mattsullivan2117]

I laughed inappropriately hard at the locomotive resting on top of the coal car with "special delivery" written across the side...

[@robinpearn6736]

That, "Car", would be a wagon then Matt.

[@gustavingestad7690]

matt sullivan crcr

[@pingpaul]

How heavy is the locomotive?🇺🇸

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

90 tonnes

[@j-bird1778]

Robin Pearn in America we call them cars.

[@EMuksteam]

Brilliant video Mike. Something you don’t see very often. Right place right time. Fantastic capture of the mishap. Thanks for posting. Have a great year. Kind regards C&A

[@robmasterman]

I remember seeing your coverage of this the first time Mike, good to see it again in better quality....Happy New year to you and your Family...Bob

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

It's a longer version too. Thanks for your comments throughout 2017; always constructive. Let's hope we both have a fruitful New Year with good health and traction too..............................Mike

[@charlieinsingapore]

"Special Delivery" indeed!

[@michaeldoster4847]

Love the audio-fart between dissolves . Caught by surprise. Lol. Beautiful photography. Love the long zoom up .... You can tell it's a long zoom out, but it captures the shot perfectly! Shortly afterwards, the audio-fart during the dissolve occurs. Huff yard I think. Great shots of a longass train !! Must've cost a lot of patience... Thank You !

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Not a term I'm aware of " audio-fart" Please explain to this 75 year old Englishman?

[@johnpenny5638]

Looks like the sort of thing one sees on my model railway...

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

But much more expensive to fix, thanks for your comment, always appreciated

[@alanbrown397]

You are Gomez Addams and I claim my 50p

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Who's G.A.?

[@eannh4928]

Mike Wilcock, your comment reminds me of some railroad enthusiasts I've known who have, forgive the pun, one track interests. Please check out this following link: addamsfamily.wikia.com/wiki/Gomez_Addams After I was introduced to the Addams family TV show, I went to the library to discover Charles Addams' original New Yorker cartoons. They are amusingly macabre.

[@Creeperboy099]

John Penny looks more like a TTTE accident to me

[@SkhTrains]

Fantastic shots of them being unloaded. I'm trying to find out the exact delivery date of each 67 so this has been a great help :)

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Look at my other video clips. I was there for everyone

[@mshotz1]

The unloading scene, if that guy in he white van had been on my job site, he'd be kicked off. No one should be THAT CLOSE to a heavy lift like that!

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Familiarity breeds contempt; quite agree

[@mirvids5036]

Note the scene at 14:53. Was there once another line there, passing freight loop perhaps ? I wonder how much track rationalisation has caused accidents delays since it started.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

The line from Bristol Parkway down to Temple Meads is being realigned, with the extra track too. I must go back soon and make another clip

[@kmi8dykmi8dy49]

"special delivery" sign is a nice touch.

[@richardlanchester249]

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[@robertbalic5194]

The engine seems to have sad eyes after the incident 17:44 ...sad to see this happening

[@blameusa7082]

sad eyes? looks more like someone beat a dwarf to death with a leg of lamb!

[@Creeperboy099]

robert balic Is it me or do all vehicles seem like live entities?

[@robertbalic5194]

Creeperboy Especially the european ones

[@chrishines6048]

I remember this happening and I feel sorry for the driver of the train that crashed as he was one one of the first people to drive it

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

I don't think it was his fault too

[@chrishines6048]

I know it wasn't his fault but I bet it scared the living day lights out of him

[@DambustaAnimations]

is anybody else thing of 'Percy's Predicament' while watching this?

[@absentjake123]

10 points for form and distance of that launch. Went in a bloody straight line and jammed itself under the bridge.

[@PhilPage227]

Amazing video. first part was like a Hornby unboxing, second part was tragic, I hope both drivers were OK.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

The class 67 driver was hurt jumping down from the cab; once his loco had hit the bridge ( so I believe )

[@PhilPage227]

Thanks.

[@TheMikep25]

The driver jumped out lineside before the loco hit the bridge and broke his shoulder,but made a full recovery so I understand. Have known him for years. Interesting video,brings back a few memories! Thanks for sharing.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Would he like a DVD of the clips, or would that be a bad memory

[@TheMikep25]

I have been retired for almost two years now so have lost contact with him. The last I heard he was still on the railway but not driving. I will tell him if I see him again. Thanks for the offer!

[@michaelcooper6087]

Thanks Mike, that was fascinating....still trying to figure it out !

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Brakes failed coming down the incline from Bristol Parkway, so momentum kept the train moving until it hit the coal train moving slowly ahead or her at Lawrence Hill. Does that help

[@DOCTORDROTT]

Was not a brake fail, error in operational procedure . Thankfully no major injuries

[@bernardjohnson7106]

Michael Coope*

[@mickd6942]

glad the driver was ok bet he needed new underpants, houston 67002 has cleared the tower

[@urshoehn1184]

mickd6942 i

[@MRHSDM316SD18186]

What I saw from the video shot from the ship (in slow motion of course), was the straps on one end broke & after that end hit the dock, the other end broke in kind. The ship's crew was not keeping up on their equipment maintenance.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Where did you see the ships own video?

[@MRHSDM316SD18186]

@@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways There is another video on You Tube (only 30 seconds long) where the supporting cables break at both ends and the locomotive crashes to the dock. Do a search for "How not to unload a locomotive"

[@MRHSDM316SD18186]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hafceqWpj5yNntU

[@vondumozze738]

The crashing locomotive in the link is not a 67 class, and by the language, it's in India.

[@angeltransportpjects]

15:26 How did you get up there Ducky? ... 'I fell!'

[@karlschweizer2554]

what a mess i hope nobody got hurt thank god it did not go up in flames

[@AlexTrain5249]

“We must now try, to run the line with one less new diesel. You have put us in an awkward predicament 67002.” Name that reference.

[@nityking1]

Well lucky for Fatt Hatt, I came back from the works with our favorite number 1 the day after. I feel not enough credit was given to us, as we were still in disgrace from the incident with the station masters house. The railcar is certainly more enjoyable to work with than Diesel himself.

[@electricsparks4251]

They will go out and buy a new engine. By the way. are these locomotives foreign made? Have to be. It was brought in by ship.

[@Cerebro1983uk]

Percy's predicament series 2 of Thomas the tank engine and friends. Percy crashed into a break van and sat on top of it the break van was squashed under him. Percy also delivers the post all over the island of Sodor as well.

[@rail1435]

The builder is now Stadlerrail Valencia.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Thanks for the additional information

[@JackTheOfficeWorker]

Good Video Mike! Was The EWS Class 67 Last Delivered?.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Lasat delivered in 2000; do you need the exact date. I was there but it will take me a while to go through my records

[@JackTheOfficeWorker]

@@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways Yes.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

I think the class 67 must have ploughed into the wagons and finished itself on top of the wagons that's possibly why

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

It was helped by the train of coaches behind it pushing it onto the wagons

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

@@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railwaysdidn’t it

[@Lloydtubeful]

Gotta say it. Love those trains!

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

I have 400 + clips here...................Mike

[@GWRailFan]

I'm honestly suprised they never scrapped it, that would of been Scarry to of seen

[@johngordon1833]

How on earth did they manage to clear up the wreckage. did anyone video that, because that would have been a major challenge, also a nightmare.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

You cannot wait at any station for an accident to happen !!!

[@jackm6704]

This must be a rare clip

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

I was the only non-rail person at Lawrence Hill and I had special permission to be inside the Docks at Newport, It's knowing the right people ( which takes a long time to establish)

[@bazza945]

Just noticed, that coal wagon, the one having an intimate relationship with 67002, has "HAA" on it.

[@p.thadeushornswoggler4987]

Must have been a beautiful sight for the split second that 67002 was airborne.

[@western_alex]

The Nameplate Special Delivery says it all!

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

I can't believe this was almost taken 20 years ago! Those were the days when I was often the only enthusiast there with a videocamera

[@alfiewhittaker3763]

in assuming the 67 rolled on the wagon thats why its so far from the rest of its train

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

It hit the coal train, which was in front, when it ran down the gradient from Parkway

[@alfiewhittaker3763]

at some speed then?

[@Creeperboy099]

[Henry's sad theme intensifies]

[@electricsparks4251]

forgot to ask. If these engines were delivered by ship, where were they built? We want answers.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Built-in 1999-2000 by Alstom at Valencia in Spain as a subcontractor for General Motors model JT42 HW-HS HAVE A LOOK AT MY OTHER VIDEOS for more clips of loco deliveries at Newport Docks including 70012 that was dropped on board

[@jjyt5708]

The crashed 67 looks sad

[@juanitaimhoff9844]

I am lost how did the rail engine get on top the wagon/ coal car?

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

The coal train was stopped at a signal. The class 67 was running down the gradient behind it and the brakes failed so was unable to stop and the momentum pushed the loco up over the end of the coal train...................OK?

[@neilshep50]

Special Delivery - certainly was! ROFL

[@gregchamberlin7776]

neilshep50 😻😻😻😻😻😻😾😻💋

[@billfitzpatrick6910]

How did the 2 coal wagons get between the locomotive and the mail train,please.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

They were the last 2 wagons the loco rode up onto and then hit the bridge The coupling broke as coal train was moving at the time...........is that clear enough?

[@billfitzpatrick6910]

Thanx! I convinced myself that the 67002 was pulling the coal train. Just a matter of my skewed perspective. I hope that the crew was not seriously hurt. I'll assume that the loco was a write off?

[@ShopkinLilyMolly]

WOW!!!

[@nicky9499]

So, the brand new engine was put on a flatcar that made it too high to go under a bridge, then promptly smashed on it's delivery run and crashed into (again) by a runaway train? ??? Sorry, I'm not familiar with this incident but it does look really bad.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

You must have missed my comments on the incident? Loco 67002 was travelling down the incline and the brakes failed and it hit the train in front and the loco was pushed up onto the coal wagons as the train was approaching the bridge. We don't move trains on the back of a coal train here in the UK !!.................Thanks for watching

[@Lightning_Mike]

"Special Delivery" written on a locomotive that's resting on top of a coal car... Well, you're not wrong about the "Special" part.

[@bubbabubba2013]

That coal car holds a lot more than i thought it would. /sarc

[@bthestigman9667]

Just a question , but in the US and Canada 3 locomotives will move about 15000 tons, less in the mountains but what does an average GB loco haul

[@GWRProductions-kg9pt]

average is around 2800

[@bthestigman9667]

GWR Productions 2014 thank you, i enjoy your work

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Some of our iron ore were 3000, but they don't run in 2018; steel works closed here in S/Wales

[@mikecole819]

Kind of resembles the Wisconsin Central s paint scheme.

[@Varinki]

mike cole If I remember correctly EWS was owned by Wisconsin Central for a while.

[@johnchandrav.1823]

Yes it kinda does at that.

[@andymathieson3678]

Correct they formed EWS on privatization then bought out by Db

[@stephensmith4480]

Thats correct. They were owned by Wisconsin when they first took over from British Rail.

[@Fcutdlady]

mike cole that livery is now dead as EWS (English Welsh avd Scottish railway) were bought out by German rail company DB shenker. They now operate under the shenker name and livery.

[@indigo_enigma]

If trains had a stag do. This would be the morning after.

[@roundhousetrainspotting]

How did that happen then lads?

[@jimcrawford5039]

Jeez, what a mess!

[@Thunderer0872]

Skipped the skip! nice

[@jeremymorgan6246]

How can you have 2 locomotives with the same number and the same class at both ends of this crash

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

67002 hit the bridge, with 67012 on the rear, Maybe your pc image is poor?

[@Crewecabking]

It looks animated

[@dickiedollop]

Never seen a train called the slapper before 😁

[@chefblanc]

how the heck did that happen..????

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Read my replies to other comments

[@class66]

Mike Wilcock yes i read on wiki

[@milkvanman104]

Percy's predicament, anyone...no?

[@88pablo18]

Great footage, do you have any footage of the recovery?

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

No, it's a 114 mile round trip from home and no times were available. Also, the area was closed off soon after I departed and I didn't have any contact to give me times of movements which took a few days to organise and it's a long time to hang around with video equipment etc. It's only my hobby making these railway videos.

[@electricsparks4251]

Well since this happened in 2000, there has been plenty of time to ask: 1. Why was the mail train on the same tracks as the coal freight train, regardless if the mail train was a run-away or not. Number two. From the clips it appears that the "back" end of the of the mail train hit the locomotive and sending it over the coal cars. So why was the mail train going "backwards"? has this been explained? And number 3. Did you make any video of the clean up and locomotive being lifted off the cars and tracks?

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

All our trains travel of the same track if going in the same direction; don't yours? It wasn't a runaway until the driver could not apply the brakes on the decline. No 2. These trains have locos at both ends as they reverse into some stations and the driver changes ends. Clean up was at night and I live 60 miles away and do not work for the railway and would not be allowed on their site............hope this helps. Mike in Wales.

[@DOCTORDROTT]

Fault was cause when the driver isolated brake pipe, trapping air, so brakes stayed released. Therefore train ran away. All he had to do was hit emergency brake plunger. Panic I guess, and did not do it , he fractured his shoulder I believe when he jumped off . Could have been a lot worse if that coal train was not there. Could have run into Bristol TM . Brake isolation and parking brake isolation notices not very clear on the 67's.

[@robinpearn6736]

Would have been interesting to see. It must have flown over some of the MGR wagons!

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

More a case of skidding along the last few wagons.. thanks for watching, along with 67780 !

[@bcstechnologylimited896]

The nineteenth century called. It wants its railroad back.

[@Synthematix]

Yea shame were stuck with your ugly american trains

[@benconway9010]

Wat the fuck do you mean by that you idiot???

[@ACE999]

Is that the end of 67002?

[@MurrayMints]

And the world record for a scene shot with the most camera angles goes to...

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

I try to make my videos interesting and show the scene, not just the loco; thanks for watching.. was this 17 yrs ago??

[@huguessonnic2102]

Quel gâchis ! Une si belle locomotive ! British Rail devrait prendre de la graine de notre KVB et BAL ! En souhaitant qu'il n'y ait pas de victimes !

[@z00h]

They brought them from Spain to the UK on ships?

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Too expensive by rail. Think of all the folk involved in their movement through various checkpoints

[@z00h]

Most German built EMU's come by rail nowadays. Spain might be a bit further away but I'd be much quicker I reckon (including loading and unloading). Although the gauge difference might also have been an issue back in the day.

[@enquirer1956]

Dont Spanish railways use a different gauge to the rest of Europe or did I miread that somewhere else? That being the case they cannot be driven from Spain through France to the UK? Although the high speed trains run on standard, I dont think they'd allow effectively cargo to run on these rails.

[@Steven_Rowe]

A real "Oh SHIT momemt"

[@rajarams5988]

I seem to have seen a video somewhere of the British Royal train being worked by 67005 / 67006. Seem to be part of the permanent rake formation. That aside , brake systems either the old vacuum or present day compressed air...if they fail brakes apply at once...in the one case loss of vacuum and the other ..loss of air pressure. And what happened to the dead man's pedal...now termed the vigilance alert button ? There can be no " runaway " train actually ! Like that moronic film " Unstoppable ".

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

The loco was soon back in service and with new livery, as you mentioned...thanks for watching

[@josheaton7864]

Least it's still in service under arriva

[@Simonwebberpastpresentrailways]

How an earth has it ended up on top of a coal wagon I will never know

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

I suppose being on the same track and being held steady by the following coaches as it sped forward to hit the wagons it didn't twist to fall sideways

[@DOCTORDROTT]

The should have offloaded on the Starboard side

[@jamesshanks2614]

Before I retired I was called for a light engine job and had to pickup a dead engine that had been dead for three days so no air pressure on her. My conductor described the settings in the cab and only hooked up the brake pipe couldn't get a proper brake test so I finally got out and hooked up the main resivour hose and after we charged up the mains resivour tanks she passed the brake test with flying colors. Be willing they didn't hook up all the mu air lines. If the had the engineman would have been able to stop her with the engine brake alone.

[@marshallman7608]

Yes you need to connect the reservoir pipe to build up air pressure in a dead loco to get the brakes working but the coaches on the mail train are perfectly capable of being operated on a single pipe, the air from the brake pipe cross feeds into the coach air reservoirs.

[@billfitzpatrick6910]

You just know that all of those clowns feel so much more important with their nice clean orange gear and white brain buckets on. This will take them 6 months and a few million to figure this one outWhen do the guys that have the know how show up?

[@nityking1]

Rip up the rails turn them into roads...

[@timw6928]

You mean the educated idiots fresh from University with not an ounce of common sense.

[@oldestnic]

13.04 and later. Personnel without hard hats!

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

European personnel aren't as aware as UK staff were 18 years ago!

[@inkyscrolls5193]

Nah, it'll buff out.

[@noelbullard4676]

And a chip and scratch repair pen

[@GEDANUS6]

The Fat Manager must have been furious, and no talk about being a useful engine this time.

[@GEDANUS6]

Sure, you're right. Some nasty diesels distracted me while I was typing )

[@Mariazellerbahn]

Not often you see a 67 on a coal train.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

You're the first person to notice that...............well done! Mike in snowly Wales

[@williamredfern5504]

I HAVE 8 CATS,, 4 BLACK,, 2 GINGER TABBYS,, 1 GINGER,, 1 CHAMPAGNE,,

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

What's your point......................Mike; video producer

[@philkyle8919]

class 47 the sapper what she doing up there thought she was still in southampton at marchwood.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

This video is 17 years ago !

[@Georges_equine_trains]

How the fuck did it fly on to the coal wagon and UN couple that must of been pretty fast for that to Happen

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Momentum provided by the weight of the stock behind the loco pushed it onto the wagons and the coupling broke. Why the need to sware ?

[@NirateGoel]

It's not used as a swear but to express the surprise as more of an extreme manor.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Just looks bad in print....................ok

[@stevesmith7530]

Force is a function of mass and velocity, with several hundreds of tons of train it doesn't take much velocity to create an awful lot of force. Given the laws of motion, it requires the same force to stop an object in motion as it already posseses.

[@Georges_equine_trains]

Lol I have freedom of speech cunts

[@TheDave31london]

OI you can't park that there!!

[@rossbryan6102]

WHAT MAKE IS THE lOCOMOTIVE MOVING THEM AROUND? SOUNDS LIKE A 251 ALCO ENGINE, 12 CYLINDER!

[@Varinki]

It is a Class 47 with a 12 Cylinder Sulzer twin bank engine.

[@Ano_ny]

WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?

[@rossbryan6102]

Anonymouser NOT SCREAMING! DONT HAVE A FULLSIZE COMPUTER AND USE JUST AN I PHONE FOR COMMUNICATION ! ALSO HAVE CLUMSY FINGERS ON THE KEYBOARD AND HAVE TO CORRECT A LOT!

[@Ano_ny]

ROSS Bryan6 typing in caps is usually ment for screaming

[@rossbryan6102]

AHHH SULZER! IN THE 1970s AT&SF EXPERIMENET AND DROPPED 4 SULZER V-16 ENGINES INTO EMD SD-45 LOCOS! THIS WAS DONE DUE TO FUEL USAGE IN THE 2 CYCLE 645 ENGINES THIS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT DUE TO THE SHORTAGE OF PETROLEUM FUELS DUE TO THE MIDEASTERN 7 DAY WAR AND ESCALATING FUEL PRICES. HOWEVER THIS WAS A SHORT LIVED UNSUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT DUE TO CRANKSHAFT PROBLEMS WITH THE SULZERS! ANOTHER SANTA FE SHOP DID THE INSTALLATION AND HEAVY MAITENENCE ON THEM, AND AT ARGENTINE ( KANSAS CITY) WE ONLY DID TURN SERVICING AND VERY LIGHT REPAIRS TO THE SULZERS! I WAS ONE OF THE VERY FEW ALCO MECHANICS AT ARGENTINE AND WANTED TO DO SOME SERIOUS WORK ON THE SULZERS! I ALSO WANTED TO RIDE THEM ON THE MAINLINE WHILE PULLING HEAVY TONNAGE UPGRADES TO SEE HOW THEY DID, BUT ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE THEM DOING SO FROM TRACK SIDE! I ALSO HEARD THAT PIELSTIK ENGINES WERE ALSO UNDER CONSIDERATION BUT NOTHING HAPPENED! I NEVER WAS MUCH OF A LOVER OF 2 CUCLE DIESELS, AND THE MAIN COMPETITOR WAS GENERAL ELECTRIC (US) WITH ITS COOPER-BESSEMER DERIVATIVE 7-FDL 4 STROKE ENGINES! THEY GAVE BETTER FUEL MILEAGE AND GOOD POWER BUT WERE OFTEN QUITE TROUBLESOME! HOWEVER G-E AND SANTA FE DID A LOT OF TEST AND EXPERIMENTS AND FINALLY IN 1989 WAS ABLE TO HAVE A LOCOMOTIVE SUPERIOR TO THE EMD! I WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS WORK, AND TODAY LIKE TO BRAG THAT G-E S ARE BUILT IN ERIE PENNSYLVANIA AND PERFECTED ON THE SANTA FE IN ARGENTINE SHOPS!!

[@NebukedNezzer]

some really STUPID railroad personnel.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

A very rare " brake fault " At least nobody was seriously injured

[@includenull]

"The incident was initially suspected to be caused by faulty brakes, but was later found to be caused by misunderstanding and incorrect use of the locomotive's brake pipe isolation valve by railway staff."

[@jamesbradford4550]

Railway not railroad

[@class8866]

It was biult in Spain by VOSSLOH, not Alstom... EMD sold off its factory in Spain...due to the economic crisis in the USA ...

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Thanks, I'm only going by what I was told when they were delivered at Newport Docks.

[@al66class59]

Don’t forget they were built in 1999 and the Valencia factory was Alstom back then. It was sold to Vossloh in 2005.

[@darrelldroke7188]

the conducter was druken

[@rossbryan6102]

WHY WERE THESE LOCOMOTIVES PUT ON A SHIP? COULD THEY HAVE BEEN ROLLED OUT OF SPAIN, THROUGH FRANCE AND THE CHUNNEL TO ENGLAND AND THEN TO WALES?

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

I'm sure the track access charges per loco would be far more expensive than shipping costs

[@simov8chevy]

In hindsight jumping over the coal train was not one of the better ideas that day.

[@napierpaxman]

Loco will be OK but running in only one direction lol.....

[@bestamerica]

' good crane workers takes care of good train machine... train machine is a sooo heavy weight

[@ontheedge33371]

Well the good lord above has made some changes , seems time to leave the coal in the ground and use the clean green renewable resources provided by the Holly Lord )

[@edwardjonez6615]

THAT HAS TO BE GREEN! A locomotive that runs on holly leaves?

[@Lawrence-ui1hv]

I only wish that all class 66s, 67s and 70s would all have the same fate!

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

What alternative would you offer?

[@Lawrence-ui1hv]

A government that encourages British manufacturers to build British designed and built locomotives! the Americans do it, the Germans do it, the French do it and so do the Japanese. Why can't we...we invented them?

[@Lawrence-ui1hv]

ss That is one of very many reasons I voted Leave!B-)

[@rebeccadunkley9318]

Millions of dollars in damages which will cost consumers in the end because someone didn't do their job and check the brakes.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

We all make mistakes; that's wht we have insurance.do you?

[@clonSanG]

Problem with heavy works is to many jobs worth pen pusher going out trying to look important and climb up the bosses arse then u have the real workers bam boozled with rules health and safety he makes a mistake and on half these mistakes I'd tell have the shirt wearing shites if not needed jog on wasting my time as well as everyone else's

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Just 1 mistake when coupling the P.O. vans to the loco caused all this, human error

[@jadeferrer1038]

🚂67002 🛳 🛳

[@markmcfrederick8932]

My God, do some editing!

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Over 2 million other enthusiasts like my style/stories and 172,460 enjoyed this one too. Thanks anyway for your comment, you can always fast forward

[@petergriffiths369]

Did that old 47 haul 8 67s? If that is the case why are we buying locos outside the UK? We invtented the railways, so why is our government destroying our manufacturing capabilities, why have they been destroying our railways, why isn't anyone doing anything about it? why am i sitting on my ass watching videos on utube? I'm having a break, eating my dinner, then I'll back on facebook to campaign against building on the old docks in Porthcawl, I'm sick about them closing the Porthcawl Railway as it is. I'll soon be on the streets begging for help. I am doing this at 70 years old.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Hello Peter. I'm in my 80th year and can understand your feelings. We bought all our 66 from Canada, 67s/68s from Spain. All the loco builders in the UK closed years ago due to the fact they didn't invest in new plant etc so when EWS wanted 66s they was nobody to supply them in the UK. End of story.

[@khadimhussain3556]

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[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Is this your coded comment?

[@pqhkr2002]

67002 wants coal cars as its bogies?