Didcot Railway Centre - On this day in history – Friday 9 September 1960 saw the last slip coach in Britain released at Bicester North off the 5.10pm Paddington to Wolverhampton hauled
![Tim Dunn on Twitter: "In Britain (til 1960) "slip coaches" were jettisoned at high speed frm express trains & came to rest at midway stations for ppl to get off 😱 https://t.co/PsLmlyCcGc" / Tim Dunn on Twitter: "In Britain (til 1960) "slip coaches" were jettisoned at high speed frm express trains & came to rest at midway stations for ppl to get off 😱 https://t.co/PsLmlyCcGc" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHsXiqGXkAAPMdw.jpg)
Tim Dunn on Twitter: "In Britain (til 1960) "slip coaches" were jettisoned at high speed frm express trains & came to rest at midway stations for ppl to get off 😱 https://t.co/PsLmlyCcGc" /
![The slip coach at night - Picture of Railholiday - The Old Luggage Van and The Travelling Post Office, Saint Germans - Tripadvisor The slip coach at night - Picture of Railholiday - The Old Luggage Van and The Travelling Post Office, Saint Germans - Tripadvisor](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/04/aa/18/d8/railholiday-the-old-luggage.jpg)
The slip coach at night - Picture of Railholiday - The Old Luggage Van and The Travelling Post Office, Saint Germans - Tripadvisor
![Twitter 上的StirlingNo.12:"Has anyone else noticed that the slip coaches have changed positions? https://t.co/NPT4QnxFHk" / Twitter Twitter 上的StirlingNo.12:"Has anyone else noticed that the slip coaches have changed positions? https://t.co/NPT4QnxFHk" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DoeSCRhXsAEmITT.jpg:large)