On Thu, 24 May 2012 21:13:10 +0100
"Richard J." wrote:
stranded one to the next station. But that ground to a halt because the
first one was on an uphill gradient and was too heavy. Distressed

Hmm, I don't believe that because that would mean if the motors in one half
of a train failed or had to be shut off in normal service the train wouldn't
be able to make it up that gradient.

I hope the RAIB get stuck into this, as they did with the Kentish Town
incident last year on FCC, where it took just under 3 hours to release
passengers from a packed Thameslink train which broke down.

The amount of money paid to railway workers seems increasingly to be in
inverse proportion to their competance.

B2003