Re: Dubbo XPT hits truck

["Paul Jones" <jonesclan@free.net.au>]

Boom Gates?? Been to Riverstone lately?? look behind platform 2 you you will
see two sets of broken gates where people have just driven through them!!

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Paul Jones

Nobodyhere wrote in message <3907F6A4.B1D0EF84@yahoo.com.auNOSPAM>...
>Saw it on 9 news. According to police the warning lights were working
>and the truck driver faces criminal charges. The truck driver is in
>hospital with bad leg injuries, three passengers are injured. The train
>was near Orange and was doing some 130km/h. I believe the lead unit was
>X2012. It derailed some hundred metres from the impact - nose cone
>broken in on left side, otherwise little damage.
>
>From what I saw of the footage, with the buckled track, it was amazing
>that no one was killed. There must have been an emergency brake
>application in time to prevent disaster. There were apparently 170 +
>passengers on the train - I think we can see the potential here. Anyone
>want to lobby for boom gates?
>
>Brendan
>