Driver in train cab smash 'fright'.A TRAIN driver escaped serious injury when a heavy overhead insulator insulator Substance that blocks or retards the flow of electric current or heat. An insulator is a poor conductor because it has a high resistance to such flow. Electrical insulators are commonly used to hold conductors in place, separating them from one another and from shattered shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. his cab window yesterday. Passengers travelling between Coventry and Birmingham faced delays following the 4.20am accident, which disrupted nearly 60 train services. The empty stock train became tangled tan·gled adj. Complicated and difficult to unravel. See Synonyms at complex. Adj. 1. tangled - in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes" untangled - not tangled 2. in overhead power lines at Proof House Junction, while it was travelling from Tysley to New Street. A spokesman for Railtrack said: "A supporting arm from an insulator came down and smashed into the driver's window. "The driver was in shock because these support arms (Mil.) a command in the manual of arms in responce to which the piece is held vertically at the shoulder, with the hammer resting on the left forearm, which is passed horizontally across the body in front; also, the position assumed in response to this command. See also: Support are big, heavy things. It must have given him quite a fright. "Some of the lines were obviously blocked but one remained open and we diverted di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. trains around the problem. "Fifty-eight trains were affected and one was cancelled but normal service was resumed at 8am once repairs were carried out." He added: "It may have been the weather which caused it but we won't know until a full investigation is carried out." The fault meant trains were unable to get into New Street as normal but had to be diverted around the back of the station to access the platforms. |
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