The Watford Derailment | Jakeso

[@davidp9360]

I was the driver of the 221's sent in to rescue the passengers, The picture show's the rear cab of the (Virgin) double set and show's how far into the tunnel we had to go to rescue people, over lapping the rear passenger door of the 350's with the front passenger door of the 221's, A wheelchair ramp was then placed across the gap to allow transfer from one train to the other.

[@yui4779]

Are you really!?

[@SupportIsraelLGBTQ]

Proof??

[@Trainspottinkid]

Very interesting strategy

[@clivejohnson6468]

6:31 Stonehaven in 2020 was a landslide derailment with fatalities. So - still lessons to be learned regarding stability of embankments and cuttings as we get more extreme weather, and as we cut down vegetation to reduce leaves on the line.

[@williamhuang8309]

4:17 You can't uncouple without power? On older BREL trains fitted with tightlock you'd use the emergency uncoupling lever to release the coupler and figure things out from there. Not sure if the drum switch which normally controls the electrical connections can be manually operated (it has a handle but the training videos don't say anything about manually operating the drum switch)

[@OffTheRailsUK]

Rest in peace any liquids spilt by anyone flung forward.

[@des_smith7658]

I suffered that when the loco backed onto my train, 33 + 8TC

[@craigymarsh941]

There was a derailment at Watford back in 1996

[@georgecivil8354]

Interesting to here more details on the specifics about this incident, one of the points I have noticed myself regularly traveling on these units is with units 350233 and 350264, I believe when it came to the repairs only 4 cars in total were in need of repair (one from one jnit and three from the other, Im not sure which way round) however, if you happen to see 350264 or 233 now, look at the coach numbers and you will notice that 233 and 264 swapped one of the end coaches, which was to allow one full unit to continue running whilst one was away for repair, and clearly the swap back was never completed

[@Jakeso]

Oooh I see? So the units are mismatched? That’s interesting! Thanks for watching!

[@Danse_Macabre_125]

​@Jakeso I believe some 170s/171s and some Voyagers also have mismatching however not due to accidents

[@georgecivil8354]

​@Battleskip You're right yes! In terms of class 170's, the Cross Country ones number 170618-623 used to be 518-523, but during covid era took the centre cars from ex-WMR Class 170's 170630-635, these thus becoming 530-535 with EMR. In regards to Voyagers, XC Class 221 number 136, 140, 141 and 144 are all now 4 cars. Originally, 141-144 were 4 cars (I belive correct me if my facts a bit off!) And then eventually 144 was sidelined as spare end cars with the 2 centre vehicles going to 142 and 143 to make up 5 car sets. 141 remained a 4 car unit. However, again during covid era, XC leased the 221144 spare cars from Avanti and took centre coach's from 221136/140 to make up an extra 4 car unit, so 221144 has a right mismatch of coaches! It's also worth noting that 221142/221143 are too mismatched, with one centre coach in each before from the aforementioned originally 4 car 221144 prior to being made redundant as spares! Hope this info was useful after the lengthy read! 😂

[@Danse_Macabre_125]

@georgecivil8354 I believe ScotRail 170s were also a mess as number 170425 to 432 had one end coach from 170450-457 and vice versa. I would like to see the mess that the four coach XC Super Voyagers are but unfortunately where I live they only run early in the morning and very late at night so probably won't be able to.

[@georgecivil8354]

@@Danse_Macabre_125 Ah, interesting! Next time I find myself with one of them 170's I'll have to make a point of checking it out! As for the Voyagers yeah, would be nice if you got a chance to spot one of them, 142/143 are currently with Grand Central, shortened 136, 140, 141 with XC and the mishmashed 144 with XC also

[@cperry1593]

Your vids are really interesting bro! Keep it up

[@Westlondontransportguy7045]

I actually rode 350117 and 350264 recently although im sad that their was no plate to indicate that those 2 units were involved in this derailment

[@class.90]

This guy should deserve more subs

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Fabulous mate

[@marklangford8561]

Good to know their fixed and with a good pat company owned he West Midlands railway

[@kirills_ptfs_roblox]

is that from northampton?

[@railwaychannel66745]

This is a very informative video

[@thisis_mudchute]

Did 350117 pantograph disconnect from the overhead wires?

[@Jakeso]

Not at the start but it did after the front unit lost all power

[@thisis_mudchute]

@@Jakeso oh

[@DefenderOfTheInternet]

Wait so let me get this straight, they were just completely trapped without power for ages? Damn

[@Jakeso]

Unfortunately they didn’t want to reconnect the pantograph with fears of fire so yeah, the battery ran out after a few hours, although the unit beside them still had power and could let in a little bit of light! The guard also opened some doors slightly for ventilation

[@BTSHygiene]

You just recreated that crash in train Sim world 2

[@avidtrainspotting]

there is no 350 in tsw2, it's train sim classic

[@ant50043]

I know both drivers who were involved in this accident. Both were northampton traincrew. One is still driving and one retired a few years ago..

[@DanielsPolitics1]

I’ve got some questions about the emergency call: at what point, if any, did they say they might be derailed? When should they have said it? Is the practice to treat possibly detailed trained a foul of neighbouring lines until proved otherwise?

[@Jakeso]

I can’t really comment on that, I didn’t see anything on that on the report sadly. Although, to be fair, I don’t think there would have been much difference if it was said or not considering the hazard lights were on and the speed that the other train was going. It would have happened very quickly. As for if it’s practice, I’m honestly not sure, I don’t work on the railway therefore I don’t think it’s my place to give a yes or no but I would assume so especially considering the permitted speed in that area.

[@DanielsPolitics1]

@@Jakeso Thank you. I’ll see if I can find what the Rule Book says, but it’s become increasingly hard to access the Rule Book in recent years.

[@charliethetrainspotter4963]

2:04 why is it white 😮

[@tyipgtuu]

Watford isn’t in North London🤓🤓💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Jakeso]

"Watford is a town on the *northern outskirts of London*, famed for its football club, its Warner Bros. Studio park, nature reserves, museum displays and history."

[@Danse_Macabre_125]

​@everythingmymix Watch the video. He said they were sent to Germany, repaired and still run for LNWR

[@Bozololz]

@@Dhdhsjjsz no its still in service as of today.

[@Westlondontransportguy7045]

Why did you play sad music even though no one died

[@Jakeso]

It's still an unfortunate event that caused trauma for many, I imagine many wouldn't want to travel by train after this scary incident

[@Westlondontransportguy7045]

​@Jakeso how did the pantograph disconnected

[@Jakeso]

@@Westlondontransportguy7045 The force of the impact tripped a circuit breaker and caused it to drop, its a procedure to try and prevent OHLE being damaged

[@Westlondontransportguy7045]

@Jakeso so how were they transferred to the voyger even though both units shut down with no lights and power

[@Jakeso]

@@Westlondontransportguy7045 They used cab saloon doors and the emergency door relase, and walked track side to board the Voyager

[@BTSHygiene]

0:39😳

[@spongebobgrumpypants6862]

narrator needs to slow down just a little as some of his commentary is a little unclear.........