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Re: Big train wreck in England!



David Ready <ds_ready@usa.net> wrote in message
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> What is sickening is that the Southall Great Western train had TWO ATP's
but
> one was turned off and the other was faulty so they must have it on that
> line. Both the trains in this latest incident were new, with black box
> recorders, impact protection etc so it is weird why ATP was not operative.

Wasn't the FGW train a HST? Hardly new, just on 20 years old.

> The thing is.  Railtrack, the provider of the infrastructure, made a £450

You forgot to insert "million"

DaveP