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Derailment of Class 47 Locomotive at Tinsley yard on 29th June 1995 (RR-DYN-95-163)

Last updated on 20 December 2013 11:50

A Class 47 Locomotive derailed at a facing switch, points 157B, in Tinsley yard, Rotherham on 29th June 1995. The mechanism of derailment was by the wheel flange climbing the point blade of a facing switch as the locomotive passed. This was caused by a combination of worn wheel...

Author(s): Flatt P.J.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1995

United Kingdom

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