Accident in Germany

[class47]

On the 5th Novenber just after midnight, Class 185 loco from the operator RBH hauling a fuel train ran into a car train near the station of Dillenburg (Niederscheld).

Fortunatly the driver escaped with only minor injuries, unfortunatly the car train was carrying Porsche's and 18 were written off.

Report is here:

http://blaulichtreporter.de/pageID_6794911.html

[swt458]

not good. I suppose its fortunate that they weren't passenger trains!

Goodness knows how that sort of thing happened what with signalling etc?