For future reference however I would still be interested in how to get to the console of Tomcat under windows, it will save me a day or so when it happens again.
<init-param> <param-name>commandline</param-name> <param-value>-registryMultiLanguage -console 10000</param-value> </init-param>
telnet localhost 10000
osgi> exit
Really want to stop Equinox? (y/n; default=y) y