Re: (NSW) Tourist Dining Train Attacked at Couridjah

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David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Taliesin Walker (taliesin@nospam.chariot.net.au) wrote:

> > How would such incidents be prevented for the VFT? I assume that
> > a similar attack would be much more serious if the train was
> > travelling at 320 km/h.

> TGVs have bulletproof glass. Heritage cars generally don't. There
> was an instance of a TGV beng showered with ballast from a
> derailed train on an adjacent line. There were some dents in the
> aluminium, but no windows broken.

I am under the vague idea that rollingstock is required to be fitted
with at least 'Safety' Glass.  IIRC it is required by an AS?  Is my
recollection right?

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