David Hansen wrote:

Clive Coleman wrote:

secondly, the rear power car was NOT under the full power.
The train's 'black box recorder' that the power notch was at zero and
the brake handle was in 'emergency'. It was simply the inertia of the
rear power car (which had already derailed) that kept it moving.

Do you KNOW that?

The Railway Inspectorate say so in their interim report.

Unless you are reading a different report than is available on the RI
web site:

- There is no mention of the power setting in the interim report.
- There is no mention of the type of brake application, nor the position
of the brake handle in the interim report, only that the brakes were
applied 2 to 3 sections prior to impact. One can assume they were
applied in emergency, but the report makes no statement on the subject,
and it would be an assumption on the part of the reader.
- There is no mention in the report of where the rear power car first
derailed, (meaning the one at the London end of train) only that it was
derailed where it came to rest.

How do people get so many facts wrong, when the report is readily
available?