Another day, another derailment

BBC NEWS | England | Safety investigation into derailed train
I realised I hadn't mentioned this weekend's derailment. From what I can tell, just one bogie of the middle coach of the train left the track, and nobody was hurt. I don't know whether the train was running at anything like the full 125mph; some reports say it was moving much more slowly when it came off.

I travelled the route the following morning, after they'd removed the derailed train. The two fast tracks were still closed, with a lot of men in orange hi-vis vests working on the up (eastbound) fast line. I couldn't see any obvious damage, suggesting that the derailment was at a low speed.

My friend Alan Monk got stuck in the disruption, arriving at Paddington on his way back from Southend at 8.30pm, just after the accident happened. His train got as far as Ealing Broadway, 5 miles out, then turned round and went back to Paddington. He finally got home at 2.30am once they'd reopened the two unobstructed slow lines.