Re: Redfern derailment - rails rusted through???

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

HXP1 wrote:

> Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote in message
> 38F18F36.8B1B89AA@fastlink.com.au">news:38F18F36.8B1B89AA@fastlink.com.au...
>
> > The points, all their lives, were trailing but now they are facing and
> > trailing. I don't know how long they have been there but it wouldn't
> > supprise me if they were there in the steam days as the ED is not used
> > that much.
> > Anyway,
> > The blade of the points did not fully close and SHASAM!
>
> But what about the locking & detection?
>
> Don't you NSW people test things after resignalling? |-)

The Central flyover derailment of 6 years ago comes to mind.


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