Derailment of Class 40 and Class 45 locomotives on 315A points at Glasgow Central Station on 19 March and 9 April 1979 (TM-FT-93)

1.1 On Monday 19 March 1979, Locomotive 40018 was derailed on 315 A facing points whilst approaching Glasgow Central platform 5 with the 1S50 Carlisle-Glasgow passenger train. The locomotive was derailed leading wheelset of trailing bogie, and the centre wheelset also ran a similar course, by climbing over the right...