RAILSCOT | Report 16/2020: Runaway and derailment of a wagon at Clitheroe [RAIB]

Report 16/2020: Runaway and derailment of a wagon at Clitheroe [RAIB]

Date: 23/12/2020

RAIB has today released its report into a runaway and derailment of a wagon at Clitheroe, Lancashire, 9 March 2020.

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Report 16/2020: Runaway and derailment of a wagon at Clitheroe

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RAIB has today released its report into a runaway and derailment of a wagon at Clitheroe, Lancashire, 9 March 2020.

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Report 16/2020: Runaway and derailment of a wagon at Clitheroe [RAIB]

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