European Railroad Discussion > Another West Coast incident

Yesterday evening a returning West Coast operated steam railtour (Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill to Paddington) moved off from the station stop at Reading before the all clear had been given, and whilst some passengers were still de-training. It only moved a few feet but nevertheless the outcome was that the train was cancelled there and then, the crew were relieved and a diesel despatched from the base at Southall to pick up the train, including 4-6-0 61306. Passengers returned to Paddington on scheduled First Great Western services.

Given that West Coast are on probation after the March incident (which was potentially far more serious) this is not good and puts operations like the Jacobite in extreme jeopardy.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/15 05:41 by 86235.

West Coast might as well pack it up. They're done.  Let's hope a "new" company can come in and pick up the pieces.

A video of the incident has turned up on Flickr

West Coast incident

Link found in the "More problems for West Coast Railways" thread at the uk.railway newsgroup

Did the axe drop yet?

Grande473 Wrote:
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> Did the axe drop yet?

Not so far.

Just from what I can see the Jacobite has a pretty good safety record. The problems are in other parts of the system.