Ramsgate
Accidents
4 CEP No. 1537 in Trouble Again: 1992
By John Horton
Unit No. 1537, this time in NSE livery, came to grief in "2 New Sidings". The train slid on greasy rail, smacked into the buffer stops and derailed one bogie. There were no injuries, and it was re-railed during the night.
1992
The workforce ponder the derailment, as one of No. 1537's driving vehicles rests at at angle after a buffer stop collision. © John Horton
1992
The sidings where the incident took place are those which were laid as part of the Kent Coast Electrification Scheme, on the track bed of the former Ramsgate Town station approaches. © John Horton
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