Freight locomotive derailment at junction in Kent

Class 66 DB Cargo UK locomotive derailed at Hoo Junction (Network Rail)

A low-speed derailment in southeast England disrupted Thursday’s commuters and other rail services in and out of London St Pancras, the terminal for Eurostar. The disruption lasted most of the day. A class 66 diesel, the workhorse of freight operations in the UK, came to grief at Hoo Junction, a critical freight location and also for high-speed “Javelin” services between the coastal Kent towns and London.

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Author: Simon Walton

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Freight locomotive derailment at junction in Kent

Class 66 DB Cargo UK locomotive derailed at Hoo Junction (Network Rail)

A low-speed derailment in southeast England disrupted Thursday’s commuters and other rail services in and out of London St Pancras, the terminal for Eurostar. The disruption lasted most of the day. A class 66 diesel, the workhorse of freight operations in the UK, came to grief at Hoo Junction, a critical freight location and also for high-speed “Javelin” services between the coastal Kent towns and London.

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