Re: Redfern derailment - rails rusted through???

[Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

I know this is probably a stir up, but the fault was with the rails and
not the sleepers.

rgds



"< Tell >" wrote:
> 
> Kingpin <kingpin1@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > More like a lack of substance, that substance being steel.
> >
> > Looks like a lack of rail maintenance caused the derailment.  I can remember
> > back 30 years when the site of trackwalkers, usually big Fijians with a
> > sledgehammer over one shoulder and a large spanner over the other, was a very
> > common site to see.
> >
> > I haven't seen a trackwalker in ages lately.
> 
> Ah well thats what you get for using wood sleepers.
> 
> ----Terry Burton
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