West Coast steam train 'near miss' firm and driver charged [BBC News]





Date: 09/12/2015

A steam train driver and their employer have been charged over a near miss in which a locomotive stopped across a busy main line railway junction. Safety equipment had allegedly been bypassed on the Tangmere locomotive which meant it passed a signal at danger in Wiltshire earlier this year. The legal proceedings have been brought by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).


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'Near miss' steam train firm charged
Tangmere locomotive

BBC News

A steam train operator and driver are charged after a near miss involving a locomotive which was stopped across a busy main line rail junction.