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Re: [UK] Ironic



Ian wrote:
> 
> How ironic............RE the Rail tragedy in England
> "Earlier, it emerged that the engine on the passenger train was the same as
> the one involved in the Hatfield derailment in October last year.
> 
> A GNER spokesman confirmed that engine 91023 had pulled both trains although
> he stressed that this had "no material effect on the accident ".
> 

Actually, it was *pushing* the train that crashed yesterday. The East
Coast Main Line uses push and pull sets with the locomotive always at
the same end of the train.

Even more ironic were also involved in the Ladbroke Grove collision
and fire a few years back.


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