Re: Yet another Sydney derailment

["Brendan" <nadnerb_2000@NOSPAM.com.au>]

Garry Hoddinett <hoddos@netspace.net.au> wrote in article
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> Kingpin <kingpin1@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Just heard on the radio that a train has derailed at Hornsby.  Only a
> minor
> > derailment.
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> I was on a train where the guard said there was a "signal failure"  while
> the station staff at Waitara said a "derailment".  

'Twas both! It derailed thanks to catchpoints so either the signal failed
or the driver failed.

Brendan