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Originally Posted by Lancpudn
Chucking it down in this scenario too  . Sander on, brakes off, a bit of regulator & slide forward unable to stop it or slow it down through a red signal  , SPAD Couldn't do nowt about it  |
We had a case of a driver took replacement locos to a coal train in Townhill loop over in Fife. He went onto the train but because he had a pair and the original was a single he was outside the signal (and unbeknown to him) right on the track circuit insulating joint. Attempting to shove the train back inside the signal he dropped onto the track circuit ahead of the signal a couple of times. Halfwits at Network Rail wanted him charged with two SPADs and it had to be investigated. Needless to say there was no case to answer.
So far the biblical rain threatened hasn't appeared . . . . in saying that the breeze has suddenly and completely vanished.