...must be something about the Class 86/87 (though of course, they were the absolute mainstay of the WCML in those days).
When I worked for BR, I regularly travelled from Reading to Crewe for a day/night (or more, sleeping on the visiting programmer's room floor - happy days :-( ) at the computer centre.
I was there in the 70's on a day that a class 86/87 heading a passenger train pulled in to Crewe station with the remains of an unfortunate stuck on the front drawbar. Whilst I didn't witness the event myself, I did get caught up in the subsequent disruption, with BT Police all over, delays/cancellations, and the station being closed for some time. Working in railway premises, it didn't take long for the story to filter through.
Apparently, the driver was completely unaware, and was only alerted to any problem by the reaction of the people on the platform as the train pulled in.
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