pictures of tamper derailment at reading

[terry987654]

it wasint my fault boss it was him.

[sickmyduckhard]

Youtube is for videos, not power point presentations....FUCKING CUNT........

[NJPurling]

If this is the exit of a yard onto a main line there would be a set of trap points/ catch points.

It is like a regular set of points, but with nothing attached they de-rail anything rolling towards the main line which had not been cleared to do so.

You can see one of the rails of the trap points by the guy with the open high-vis coat.

The consequences might otherwise have been a blocked main line or far worse....

[TheGreatSteve]

Maybe it was "tampered" with! Lol.

[jgdogg441]

Sooooo a machine designed to make derailment less likely...derails. That's a whole new level of fail.

[acupoflego]

the people were just making sure there story was straight and blaming it ont he new guy :)

[grovestreetgman]

How does one derail and machine made to help prevent derailments?

[AshHill07]

@grovestreetgman By driving it over a derailer by the look of it.. Looks like someone forgot to flick it open. xD

At 0:22 you can see its followed the derailer and not the exit line. The derailer does its job and whoevers job it was to open them looks a bit of an idiot.

Well ... atleast we know it works I spose. xD

[art3490]

I remember that happening to us too - human error too - didn't see the derailer in the derail position either

[evansg69]

@ fergfergferg123, you obviously haven't a clue what you are on about as this was human error and nothing to do with infrastructure failure

[azulifan]

@evansg69 Quite right, local knowledge goes alot further than guess work from afar.

[scottishrailways]

wow good pics!

[Class59Cameron]

Oh Dear!

[43084]

I bet Ron Henderson's not pleased to have his name associated with that!

[doctor1248]

network fail living up to their name there

[fergfergferg123]

it was because there were to expansion joints and the metal was internally fractured due to contraction, one of the rails sheared , can't trust network rail, oh well at least it wan't a motorail or passenger train

[paganhog]

@fergfergferg123

How do you come to that conclusion

[fergfergferg123]

@paganhog I know someone who works for network rail, he filed a report for the derailment

[azulifan]

@fergfergferg123 There is no 'expansion joint' or 'breather switch' near 705points.

[fergfergferg123]

@azulifan sorry typo ! i said to instead of no my bad

[paganhog]

@azulifan Not for getting they are a set of Throw off's on those points.

[DavidMichael182]

FAIL

[Javelin395]

Its a bloomin track tamper not a track derailer :P Te he.

[HSTcallum]

LOL!