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This gallery is a sort of compendium of all the bent and the broken, the crashed and the bashed, both steam age and modern, loco and stock, both British and foreign. Most are duplicates of pictures to be found in other galleries, some taken by me and some very obviously not. These pictures are displayed for recreational/information/research purposes only and are not for sale under any circumstances. Every effort has been made to verify the information in the captions but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
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LLANGENNECH - (10) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> An atmospheric shot of 66004 on the night of August 26th, backed onto the remainder of the train, against the backdrop of the burning wagons.
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LLANGENNECH - (10) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]
Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.
Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.
The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.
An atmospheric shot of 66004 on the night of August 26th, backed onto the remainder of the train, against the backdrop of the burning wagons.

  • LINDAL IN FURNESS - On Thursday 22nd, September 1892, near Lindal-in-Furness, a village lying between Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness, a locomotive shunting at sidings disappeared into the ground after a large, deep hole opened up beneath it. The 7am Barrow-Carnforth goods had stopped at the sidings behind Furness Railway locomotive No.115, a D1 class 0-6-0, known as a ‘Sharpie’. The locomotive was busy shunting when the driver, Thomas Postlethwaite, saw cracks opening up in the ground right below. Knocking off steam, he jumped for his life, no sooner clear than the earth opened up to expose a sheer-sided hole 30 feet across and similar in depth. The driver and his fireman stared in disbelief as their locomotive fell into it front first, the funnel and front part embedded, with only the tender remaining visible above the surface. The rails on which the engine had been standing were snapped off and went down with it. The adjacent up passenger line was left hanging lopsidedly, its ballast having cascaded into the abyss.<br /> Breakdown gangs from the locomotive and Permanent way departments attended with a crane and tool vans. The tender was uncoupled and pulled clear, but the locomotive itself weighed 35 tons and getting it out would be a massive task. At 2:30 PM, the men took a break for refreshments and had not been clear long when the hole suddenly deepened to about 60 feet, the locomotive falling further still until the earth closed over it and concealed it from sight. The hole was even wider by then, with all eight tracks now twisted and bent, the ballast having fallen away. Trainloads of ballast continued to arrive and though most thought the worst had been seen, the full extent of the subsidence could only be guessed at and no one yet knew when rails might start to be safely relaid. The uppermost level of the mine workings were 500 feet down and No. 115 was considered to be lost forever. The hole eventually swallowed up around 300 wagon loads of ballast until a solid foundation was established.<br /> No.115 remains there still and there are thoughts of attempting to recover it.
  • LINGWOOD - An RHTT working between Norwich and Great Yarmouth t/t by 57009 and 57010 hit the level crossing gates in Lingwood on October 31st, 2014. Network Rail said both gates were "struck, damaged and removed by the impact" but no-one was injured. Direct Rail Services said it had "re-briefed and retrained" the driver. An investigation found the cause of the crash was a combination of driver error and infrastructure failures. A signal normally operated by the crossing gatekeeper was not showing a clear warning. The driver should have stopped anyway if procedures had been followed, but the train did not even slow down. The AWS sounded in the cab and the driver acknowledged this but did not take appropriate action, but did not stop or slow down. Here 57009, the trailing engine, peeps out of the shrubbery guiltily.
  • LINGWOOD - An RHTT working between Norwich and Great Yarmouth t/t by 57009 and 57010 hit the level crossing gates in Lingwood on October 31st, 2014. Network Rail said both gates were "struck, damaged and removed by the impact" but no-one was injured. Direct Rail Services said it had "re-briefed and retrained" the driver. An investigation found the cause of the crash was a combination of driver error and infrastructure failures. A signal normally operated by the crossing gatekeeper was not showing a clear warning. The driver should have stopped anyway if procedures had been followed, but the train did not even slow down. The AWS sounded in the cab and the driver acknowledged this but did not take appropriate action, but did not stop or slow down. Here we see 57010, the lead engine, at Norwich with a damaged front end.
  • LINGWOOD - An RHTT working between Norwich and Great Yarmouth t/t by 57009 and 57010 hit the level crossing gates in Lingwood on October 31st, 2014. Network Rail said both gates were "struck, damaged and removed by the impact" but no-one was injured. Direct Rail Services said it had "re-briefed and retrained" the driver. An investigation found the cause of the crash was a combination of driver error and infrastructure failures. A signal normally operated by the crossing gatekeeper was not showing a clear warning. The driver should have stopped anyway if procedures had been followed, but the train did not even slow down. The AWS sounded in the cab and the driver acknowledged this but did not take appropriate action, but did not stop or slow down. The train had passed right through the crossing before it stopped.
  • LITTLEHAMPTON - LONDON, BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY - 360 LECONFIELD - Stroudley Class D1 0-4-2T - built 01/1887 by Brighton Works - 1923 to SR No.B360 - withdrawn 09/27 - seen here derailed at Littlehampton, 04/08/20. As the 1.10 p.m. train from Ford Junction Station was running into Littlehampton terminal station, the brakes failed to act; with the result that the engine struck the bent rail buffer stops, demolishing them and a brick boundary wall behind; and the engine eventually came to rest with one half of its length across the public road. There were about thirty passengers in the train, of whom thirteen suffered from minor injuries, or from the effects of shock. The driver and fireman escaped injury by jumping from the foot-plate just before the collision occurred.
  • LLANDEILO, Carmarthenshire - On Monday October 19th, 1987, the 0527 passenger train from Swansea to Shrewsbury, consisting of a two-car Class 108 DMU 51910/52037 fell into the River Towy near Llandeilo at approximately 0700. The accident was caused by the Glanrhyd Bridge being partially washed away by the swollen river. The train was moving at only 10 mph, which was the normal speed limit for this bridge. Carwyn Davies, a nearby farmer, had waited until 0700 for daylight so he could investigate the flooding on his farm. He was 400 yards from the bridge in a flooded field when he saw that a central section of the railway bridge was missing. He attempted to return to his house to telephone a warning, but had not reached there when he heard the train approaching and saw the first carriage "take off" from the bridge. Davies later helped rescuers to reach the bridge using his tractor. Of the ten people on board the train, three passengers and three members of British Rail staff managed to escape but the driver and three passengers drowned. Staff on board included a Traffic Manager and an Engineer who were accompanying the train to inspect the route after reports of flooding and track damage had been received the previous day. The train left the tracks and fell into the swollen river at Glanrhyd Bridge, though the rear carriage remained partially on the rails and above water. While the passengers and staff were calmly making their way through to the rear carriage, the front carriage broke away and was swept downstream with the driver and three of the passengers, a married couple and a teenage schoolboy, still inside.
  • LLANDEILO, Carmarthenshire - On Monday October 19th, 1987, the 0527 passenger train from Swansea to Shrewsbury, consisting of a two-car Class 108 DMU 51910/52037 fell into the River Towy near Llandeilo at approximately 0700. The accident was caused by the Glanrhyd Bridge being partially washed away by the swollen river. The train was moving at only 10 mph, which was the normal speed limit for this bridge. Carwyn Davies, a nearby farmer, had waited until 0700 for daylight so he could investigate the flooding on his farm. He was 400 yards from the bridge in a flooded field when he saw that a central section of the railway bridge was missing. He attempted to return to his house to telephone a warning, but had not reached there when he heard the train approaching and saw the first carriage "take off" from the bridge. Davies later helped rescuers to reach the bridge using his tractor. Of the ten people on board the train, three passengers and three members of British Rail staff managed to escape but the driver and three passengers drowned. Staff on board included a Traffic Manager and an Engineer who were accompanying the train to inspect the route after reports of flooding and track damage had been received the previous day. The train left the tracks and fell into the swollen river at Glanrhyd Bridge, though the rear carriage remained partially on the rails and above water. While the passengers and staff were calmly making their way through to the rear carriage, the front carriage broke away and was swept downstream with the driver and three of the passengers, a married couple and a teenage schoolboy, still inside.
  • LLANDEILO, Carmarthenshire - On Monday October 19th, 1987, the 0527 passenger train from Swansea to Shrewsbury, consisting of a two-car Class 108 DMU 51910/52037 fell into the River Towy near Llandeilo at approximately 0700. The accident was caused by the Glanrhyd Bridge being partially washed away by the swollen river. The train was moving at only 10 mph, which was the normal speed limit for this bridge. Carwyn Davies, a nearby farmer, had waited until 0700 for daylight so he could investigate the flooding on his farm. He was 400 yards from the bridge in a flooded field when he saw that a central section of the railway bridge was missing. He attempted to return to his house to telephone a warning, but had not reached there when he heard the train approaching and saw the first carriage "take off" from the bridge. Davies later helped rescuers to reach the bridge using his tractor. Of the ten people on board the train, three passengers and three members of British Rail staff managed to escape but the driver and three passengers drowned. Staff on board included a Traffic Manager and an Engineer who were accompanying the train to inspect the route after reports of flooding and track damage had been received the previous day. The train left the tracks and fell into the swollen river at Glanrhyd Bridge, though the rear carriage remained partially on the rails and above water. While the passengers and staff were calmly making their way through to the rear carriage, the front carriage broke away and was swept downstream with the driver and three of the passengers, a married couple and a teenage schoolboy, still inside.
  • LLANELLY - The most notorious local accident happened on Monday 3 October 1904. The train was a London express due to leave Llanelli at 1305. The train consisted of 8 coaches and a six-wheeled van at the rear. The express engine was an “Atbara” class 4-4-0 No. 3460 MONTREAL. The train was to be piloted up the bank to Cockett by a 0-6-0ST No. 1674. This was common practice. The train set off about six minutes late. On level track as it neared Loughor the tank engine derailed and was pushed over by the main line engine. Although the train was travelling at only 20 - 25 miles an hour the saddle tank rolled over as 3460 pushed past and the first two coaches were badly smashed. Other coaches were also damaged. The driver of the banker, John Lloyd of Delabeche Street, and a passenger, Mr O Stallard of Bristol, died at the scene. The fireman of the banker, Owen John Harries of Tinworks Row, and two passengers, Mr J Thomas of St Clears and Mr I Bryant from Somerset, died in the days that followed. The investigation into the accident concluded that the saddle tank was not best suited for working ahead of a heavy train and had derailed because it rocked from side to side having of the high centre of gravity. The GWR used this arrangement all over its system every day and did not agree with the findings. However, it did place a speed restriction on trains banked this way. A possible additional contributory factor was that saddle tanks were subject to surging water in the tank when part filled which could have increased the side to side motion. The GWR gangs set about clearing the line and one track was reopened the following afternoon. In the meantime the GWR trains ran to Swansea via Pontardulais.
  • LLANGENNECH - (1) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> Here we see a view taken during the night of August 26/27th as the wagons burned fiercely.
  • LLANGENNECH - (2) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> Fires still burn as firemen dowse the wagons with water to prevent further fires.
  • LLANGENNECH - (3) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> 66004 has coupled up to the still railed section of the train, the rearmost wagons, and has pulled them clear for safety.
  • LLANGENNECH - (4) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> 66004 has coupled up to the still railed section of the train, the rearmost wagons, and has pulled them clear for safety.
  • LLANGENNECH - (5) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> The scene on the morning of August 28th, wagons still smouldering and being cooled. The wagons and track are completely destroyed.
  • LLANGENNECH - (6) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> The wrecked wagons are being inspected by BTP and Network Rail, fires now all out.
  • LLANGENNECH - (7) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> Wagons completely wrecked after fire and derailment.
  • LLANGENNECH - (8) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> 66418 PATRIOT, tailed by 66419, head for the Llangennech derailment from Eastleigh with the Colas 125 ton Kirow crane and a rake of recovery wagons, August 31st, 2020.
  • LLANGENNECH - (9) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> On September 1st, a damaged but unburned wagon, all cargo removed, is hoisted onto the recovery train, powered by two Freightliner Class 66's, the nearer one being 66419, the further 66418.
  • LLANGENNECH - (10) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> An atmospheric shot of 66004 on the night of August 26th, backed onto the remainder of the train, against the backdrop of the burning wagons.
  • LLANGENNECH - (11) At about 2315 on August 26th, 2020, 6A11 2152 Robeston Sidings (Milford Haven) - Theale freight train hauled by 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. The train, operated by DB Cargo, comprised a locomotive and 25 tank wagons, each carrying up to 100 tonnes of diesel of gas oil. The third to twelfth wagons derailed, three of them, each containing about 75 tons of diesel oil, being ruptured and catching fire. There were no injuries reported amongst the two train crew. Following the accident, the locomotive was uncoupled from the train and moved to safety, apparently undamaged and quickly returned to traffic. A large number of emergency services and local authority personnel attended the scene. Fourteen fire appliances, a foam tender and a high pressure pump attended the fire, which was expected to burn for several days. By the evening of August 27th, six of the appliances had been withdrawn. The fire was extinguished at 0830 on August 28th, having burnt for 33 hours. Control of the site was then handed over to the British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail. Once BTP had established that the derailment was accidental, they passed control to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).[8]<br /> Dyfed-Powys Police set up a 800-metre radius exclusion zone, and about 300 local residents were evacuated from their homes. They were later allowed to return. The railway between Llanelli and Llandridnod Wells was closed. Buses were laid on to replace passenger trains between those stations.<br /> Natural Resources Wales said a significant volume of diesel had been spilled. Some flowing into the River Loughor, the estuary of which is a designated SSSI and a wildlife conservation area. Work to contain the spill commenced on August 28th. Local cockle and other shellfish picking was suspended following the spill on advice from the Food Standards Agency. By September 1st, diesel had spread as far as Crofty, Glamorgan, about 4 1⁄2 miles from the site of the derailment.<br /> The undamaged wagons were removed from the site by 66004 on August 31st. 60062 had already removed the two wagons at the front of the train that did not derail. Work to recover the derailed wagons started on September 1st, with the aim of recovering two wagons a day.<br /> In late September, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said a preliminary examination found that all the train’s wheels were “probably rotating freely” when it left Robeston oil refinery in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, but “at some point during the journey” the brakes on the third wagon became applied. This created a flat spot on some of the wheels, leading to a section of track being distorted and the subsequent derailment of the third wagon, followed by another nine.<br /> The locomotive and the first two wagons came to a stop about 180 metres away.<br /> Another wagon is recovered in this view from September 21st.
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