At about 2243 on Monday 23 March 2020, a 3-coach
class 170 Cross Country passenger train, operating
the 21:05 Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
service, was approaching Bromsgrove station when it
collided with a class 66 locomotive 66057 that had
become derailed at the end of a siding. The
passenger train suffered significant damage along
the side of all three vehicles, although it remained
on the track and did not derail. There were 4
passengers and 2 crew on board the passenger train
and none reported any injuries. 66057 had just
travelled light engine from Bescot to Bromsgrove,
to act as a banking locomotive required to assist
heavy freight trains up the 1 in 37 Lickey incline
to the north of the station. It derailed as it ran
through the buffers at the end of the siding used to
hold the banking locomotives just to the south of
Bromsgrove station. Being adjacent to the mainline
the locomotive had come to rest with the front bogie
embedded in the ballast with its front left corner
foul of northbound trains. The driver of 66057 was
not injured in the collision, although the
locomotive suffered damage to the corner of the
leading cab.
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