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Bretigny-sur-Orge 13/07/2013 at 08:44 #47070
pilotman
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This terrible accident seems to have so many factors in common with Potters Bar.
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Bretigny-sur-Orge 13/07/2013 at 09:04 #47071
moonraker
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Exactly what I was thinking. Something's moved as the train passed over it. Most likely a set of points
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Bretigny-sur-Orge 13/07/2013 at 09:28 #47072
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Exactly what I thought as well looking at it on the news. The next stage for railway development will be the banning of pointwork in or around station areas to reduce the risk of trains derailing in station areas.
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Bretigny-sur-Orge 13/07/2013 at 14:33 #47092
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It seems that failure of part of the points mechanism may well have been the cause, according to SNCF...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23298374

Dave

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Bretigny-sur-Orge 15/07/2013 at 10:00 #47155
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" said:
It seems that failure of part of the points mechanism may well have been the cause, according to SNCF...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23298374

Dave
Not quite. A loose fishplate! More information here.

Barry

Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Bretigny-sur-Orge 15/07/2013 at 10:19 #47157
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" said:
" said:
It seems that failure of part of the points mechanism may well have been the cause, according to SNCF...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23298374

Dave
Not quite. A loose fishplate! More information here.

Barry

Still uncomfortably reminiscent of Potters Bar.

Following Barry's link led me to these: https://twitter.com/SNCF_infopresse/status/356426148940505088/photo/1 and https://twitter.com/SNCF_infopresse/status/356426064484003840/photo/1 which seem to be pictures of the point of derailment if I understand the Twitter feed correctly. VERY nasty!

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