Re: Bloody papers

[Tony Gatt <baulko@tig.com.au>]

Tony Paton wrote:

> Who reads them? Why would you?
> In regards to the de-railment the other day; there was a report in the
> great newspaper Bush telegragh mirror that stated that the train first
> stopped at the platform then moved off and de-railed!! As I was on it
> it, it only stopped when it did de-rail. It also said only half a
> dozen people were on the train, there were a lot moe people than that.
>

Television reports are just as bad.. they said that after the train had passed the
signal, the safety mechanisms activated and derailed the train. I have never known
"spreaders" to open just as a safety aspect.. but then you can't have a good news
story if the facts are getting in the way can you...

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Thanks,

Tony Gatt.

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