The movie also includes some subtle little homages to "My Fair Lady," "Home Alone," "Mission Impossible" and, most notably, Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins." Fast-paced, well acted, and with warmth and charm to spare, "Paddington" is a whimsical treat that should appeal almost as much to oldsters as it does to youngsters. The humor ranges from the brittle to the overly broad (Bonneville dressed as an old scrubwoman sounds a discordant note in an otherwise fairly sophisticated screenplay). Written by Paul King and Hamish McColl and directed by King, "Paddington" is a seamless blend of live action and animation, cheery in tone and beautiful to look at, thanks to the highly stylized art direction and production design that adorn the film. Once there, he becomes involved with a family named Brown (Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin), who take him into their home on a temporary basis, and a villainous taxidermist (Nicole Kidman) intent on literally "stuffing" the bear for an exhibit in a natural history museum. The accident was investigated by HM Railway Inspectorate, ‘Railway accident at Bexley’, published 1999 (You can print this safety digest.Based on the works of author Michael Bond, "Paddington" tells the story of a talking bear (Ben Whishaw) from "darkest" Peru who stows away on a cargo ship to start a new life for himself in London. The London Paddington Underground station is also featured in the Bakerloo Line route for Train Sim World. Services are operated by BR Class 43 HST and BR Class 166 locomotives. Four members of the public were injured, and extensive damage was caused to the viaduct and nearby buildings. London Paddington station is the easternmost station on the Great Western Express route for Train Sim World.Built in 1838, the station has 13 platforms and is currently used mainly by Great Western Railway services. The timbers had been identified as requiring urgent renewal 12 months previously, but had not been renewed. Seven wagons derailed as a result of gauge spread on longitudinal timbers. On 4 February 1997, a freight train derailed on a viaduct near Bexley, Kent. The RAIB decided not to carry out an investigation as it had no evidence that a train was involved in the incident. The timbers had been identified as requiring replacement within twelve months in each of the three preceding detailed annual inspections, however the renewal work had not been carried out due to a lack of funding. On the morning of 26 August 2017, a member of the public found a section of decayed longitudinal timber, approximately 1.5 metres long, that had fallen onto the road from the railway bridge passing over the junction between St Ann’s Road and Seven Sisters Road, in the London Borough of Haringey. Witness evidence indicates that local track maintenance staff have since sought guidance on inspection techniques from a specialist team based in Network Rail’s Kent Route, which has more extensive experience of longitudinal timber installations.
The decay that was present on the underside of the timbers was therefore hidden, and it is possible that staff carrying out the routine visual inspections that were undertaken since the detailed annual examination may not have been aware of the extent of the decay.
At the time of the accident on 20 August, replacement of the timbers had been rescheduled for September 2017.ĭetailed examination of the longitudinal timbers at Paddington station is made more difficult because only two faces of the timber are accessible to a visual inspection. However, witness evidence indicates that this work was postponed in order that works associated with electrification of the Great Western Main Line could be carried out. Replacement of the decayed timbers was subsequently planned for June 2017. Underside of decayed right-hand timber (image courtesy of Network Rail)