Rock strike badly damages sleeper [BBC News Article]





Date: 23/04/2010

A sleeper train from Glasgow to London is badly damaged after striking a large rock which was placed on the line in Lanarkshire.


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A sleeper train from Glasgow to London is badly damaged after striking a large rock which was placed on the line in Lanarkshire.

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