A TPE service was partially derailed in Summit Tunnel by a 4ft piece of fallen ice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-br ... e-12086255
Transpennine derailment
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Re: Transpennine derailment
makes a change from leaf technology 
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Re: Transpennine derailment
Wrong type of ice ??????
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Re: Transpennine derailment
Yes - it was "fallen" ice. The train was only designed to handle "hanging" ice...
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Re: Transpennine derailment
Joking aside, it must have been a terrifying experience derailing in a tunnel.
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Re: Transpennine derailment
I remeber a train coming down from Penistone early one morning and coming out of Thurgoland tunnel with the front pantograph smashed off with ice in the tunnel
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