Nasty prang this morning at Norton Bridge in Stafforshire, where one Freighliner intermodal train ran into the back of another. Looks like at least one and possibly both locomotives are writeoffs. Reports suggest the crew retreated into the machine room of the locmotive and survived unhurt. Locos are 86631 and 86611, both hauling the 4M53 Ipswich-Trafford Park, a train that would have passed within 50 feet of my desk at work had it not crashed.
A more worrying rumour is that the train had a false green signal.
Update: Mick Tindall has a a lot more pictures showing the crash site. Meanwhile BBC news reports the driver escaped unhurt by taking refuge in the centre part of the locomotive.
Update 2: Dave Skipsey has some more photos, taken from the window of a passenger train running on a parallel track.
