Flying Scotsman crash report & HS2: Britain’s longest railway viaduct visit | Ep 50

Flying Scotsman crash report – the Rail Accident Investigation Branch releases its findings into last September’s collision at the Strathspey Railway, which injured two people….

We speak to recently-retired HM Chief Inspector of Railway Ian Prosser CBE – and I ask him for his views on West Coast Railways and the Jacobite steam train

And… Britain’s longest railway viaduct deck is completed as Richard witnesses the final segment being put into place on HS2’s Colne Valley viaduct

In this episode:

00:00 Intro
08:18 Flying Scotsman crash report
18:56 Ian Prosser interview
32:08 Nigel asks Ian for his views on the Jacobite steam train and central door locking
38:43 HS2 Colne Valley viaduct visit
50:04 Railway News Round-up
50:06 Green Party backs HS2
51:23 East Midlands Railway Aurora bi-mode interiors
54:07 Ouse Valley Viaduct repairs
55:24 TransPennine Express Customer Ambassadors made permanent
55:33 The Quiz
01:01:39 Northern staff praised for finding missing child

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