EDTRUCK:
Good evening to you all
Was it Sunters that had the river bridge collapse on them at Ferrybridge or Boroughbridge in the 1950s/1960s?
Hiya mate, you’re alright?
Wasn’t it Wynn’s when that bridge… gave way…? Didn’t Dean posted an article about that event on here?
Wynn’s was also involved in a level crossing on 6 January 1968 - the Hixon Rail Crash. An express train hit the low-loader with a 120 ton electrical transformer on it as it was crossing the level-crossing.
Interestingly - This route had been approved by the Ministry of Transport, but the map of the route made no mention of the level crossing at Hixon;
Source: Hixon rail crash - Wikipedia
EDTRUCK:
Good evening to you all
Was it Sunters that had the river bridge collapse on them at Ferrybridge or Boroughbridge in the 1950s/1960s?
Hiya mate, you’re alright?
Wasn’t it Wynn’s when that bridge… gave way…? Didn’t Dean posted an article about that event on here?
Wynn’s was also involved in a level crossing on 6 January 1968 - the Hixon Rail Crash. An express train hit the low-loader with a 120 ton electrical transformer on it as it was crossing the level-crossing.
Interestingly - This route had been approved by the Ministry of Transport, but the map of the route made no mention of the level crossing at Hixon;
Source: Hixon rail crash - Wikipedia
One of the reasons I don’t like these sort of level crossings, especially with a low loader, I always make sure that there’s enough room between me and the car in front of me in case a plan B is needed…
Last serious accident on such a crossing was in France I reckon, happened near Pont d’Ain, due to roadworks they couldn’t get through the crew tried to find a alternative route which was suitable for them, they did find one, but there was a level crossing in it which was like going over a speed hump, nearly halfway over, a train (I believe it was a TGV) was coming towards them on full speed… Maybe Froggy knows more about it?
I had a look, but all I could find was this: youtube.com/watch?v=TQLhslqr-lw
What an idiot- surely, when the barriers descend, your only thought must be to get off, regardless? I’m amazed the train did not derail. He was lucky the cab came off. If the train was going more slowly, the mounts might have survived, and the driver not.
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anorak:
I had a look, but all I could find was this: youtube.com/watch?v=TQLhslqr-lw
What an idiot- surely, when the barriers descend, your only thought must be to get off, regardless? I’m amazed the train did not derail. He was lucky the cab came off. If the train was going more slowly, the mounts might have survived, and the driver not.
The Hixon rail crash was the result of a combination of errors from British Railways, Staffordshire Police and WYNNS.
I know a little about it since my father worked on Rail Accident investigation as part of the Public Enquiry, and copies of the report are now in the public domain.
Ironically the largest abnormal load specialists , ALE , have their headquarters overlooking the crash site!
Thanks one and all for the postings of late keeps me occupied on days when the mercury is a little high,one picture of note that I wasn’t aware of is a Scammell Crusader 8 wheeler was this a factory assembly line model ?
I see there has been some rail/ bridge disasters over the years and we to have had some here in West Oz not involving trucks but one of recent time is worth a mention when a 4 loco train of 30000 tons of BHP iron ore was derailed by the company when the train took off with out the driver.Investigation is still under review.
DIG:
I see there has been some rail/ bridge disasters over the years and we to have had some here in West Oz not involving trucks but one of recent time is worth a mention when a 4 loco train of 30000 tons of BHP iron ore was derailed by the company when the train took off with out the driver.Investigation is still under review.
Can’t remember where or when but there was one involving a road train in the Territory on a crossing. I believe the crossing was too close to a bend in the railway for the driver to see the train when he started to cross. It came to me via Railtrain Australia during one of the intermittant times that they were sending me e-copies. It resulted in quite a discussion with a rail employee who was also a roadtrain driver.
DIG:
I see there has been some rail/ bridge disasters over the years and we to have had some here in West Oz not involving trucks but one of recent time is worth a mention when a 4 loco train of 30000 tons of BHP iron ore was derailed by the company when the train took off with out the driver.Investigation is still under review.
Can’t remember where or when but there was one involving a road train in the Territory on a crossing. I believe the crossing was too close to a bend in the railway for the driver to see the train when he started to cross. It came to me via Railtrain Australia during one of the intermittant times that they were sending me e-copies. It resulted in quite a discussion with a rail employee who was also a roadtrain driver.
I know of one incident of a near miss when a mate northbound with a triple 3 tarped/sheeted trailers gate high was approaching the level crossing on the Mt Tom Price Dampier line just south of Karratha when the lights and bells all started and he realised he wasn’t going to be able to stop in time so he planted it and the boom gate came down on the last trailer the truck won and the boom gate needed replacement but no delay for the iron ore train.
Faun GmbH is a German engineering firm based in Nuremberg. They manufactured Specalist trucks for Heavy Haulage and now specialise in mobile cranes carriers (chassis) and waste collection vehicles. Their web site is: https://www.tadanofaun.de.
Concrete beams being loaded in railway goods yard Fratton station, Portsmouth. And Eastern Rd on route to the new Havant By Pass A27 when under construction
It was in the 60’s they used mobile cranes probably Richards and Wallington or British Crane Hire. I think the same cranes were used at the delivery site
hi thank’s for that. But i was meaning the over head container cranes in one of the picture’s as i said i don’t remember there being over head crane’s at Fratton good’s yard.
