News Archive for May 1986

Published on 27th May 1986

A small shunting incident occurred at Taunton East Junction on the 27th May 1986 when BR Blue Class 08 No.08576 de-railed on points while shunting empty NKV newspaper vans between platforms at Taunton.

The Class 08 became impaled by its centre wheel, with the front and rear wheelsets leaving the track. The loco blocked the down lines into Taunton, so wrong line working was set up to allow some passenger services still to pass through the area.

The re-railing team/ train based at Laira Depot was mobilised and moved to Taunton by BR Large Logo Class 50 No. 50010 'Monarch', a team was assembled on site and the Class 08 'jacked and packed' back onto the rails before being moved back into Taunton Station.

Published on 9th May 1986

We feature three images taken on the 9th May 1986 in this small gallery.

As the West end of the station had been relaid the previous weekend there were no run-round facilities at Taunton station for the normal loco-hauled Bristol stopping trains. British Rail rostered Diesel Multiple Units onto the Bristol - Taunton stopping services these for this week. Trains were arriving and departing from the centre platforms which had been opened up especially for these few days. Photographers took the opportunity to capture images from the centre platforms before they were locked out of use once the run-round loops were re-installed.