Re: [Melb] Richmond Derailment

["Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au>]

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In article <38e585cd@nap-ns1>, "G.S." <grime@dcsi.net.au> wrote:


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>"Sam Eades" <eadess@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:38E54356.2C11AB03@yahoo.com...
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>> Andrew B wrote:
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>> > 1.  How did it happen?     Was he travelling too fast over the points,
>and
>> > derailed?  Or were the points just getting too old? Or something else?
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>> I was told last night that the points have/had a 10km/hr speed restriction
>on them
>> due to maintenance. The driver of the derailed train was doing
>considerably more
>> over them. (I take no respnsibility to the accuracy of this!! :-)  )
>Try a cracked wheel,which left a trail of damaged per- way from beyond
>Spencer St.
>Good to see the old wild rumours dept. still exists in Vicrail ;-);-)
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I'll add mine then. I spoke to the diesel driver who was sent out to rescue
the spark. He said that a brake cylinder had dropped off the bogie of the
offending unit which had caused the problem. It was mentioned that it was a
new cylinder (may not have been fitted properly etc etc). The posted photos
confirm that the brake cylinder had come off, whether it caused the
derailment or not is another question


Stuart Thyer
Photographer
University of Melbourne