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Re: "lost" trains
- Subject: Re: "lost" trains
- From: "Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 11:18:48 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
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Gezza <gerardms@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
386eb4cf.12404017@news.optusnet.com.au">news:386eb4cf.12404017@news.optusnet.com.au...
> I think everyone is getting a little carried away with the rights and
> wrongs of the Glenbrook collision. Everything said so far is pure
> speculation and I do think that everyone should wait for the result of
> the inquiry before forming any opinions as to who is to blame for this
> unfortunate accident. Lets just hope that lessons are learned from it,
> and it is never repeated.
>
But it wasn't by any means the first. IIRC, there have been several
accidents in the past caused by drivers passing auto signals at 'stop' and
colliding with the train ahead (for whatever reason - some were in fog and
the trains didn't have speedometers.)
--
Rgds
Ron BESDANSKY