Re: (NSW) Tourist Dining Train Attacked at Couridjah

["Rod" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

All the photos of the TGV I have seen, and original drawings of the proposed
VFT shown in the '80s
show continuos Cyclone fencing and a pretty wide perway, which include
graded access roads both sides. I presume this would be the case. Also ours
will run at 360 kph, harder to hit, and the sheer noise and even the rush of
air might be enough to 'frighten those gutless bastards off, anyway.
Hopefully a piece of whatever they throw will deflect back and blind them,
that way they will not do it again...no that's no good, then taxpayers will
still need to look after them! guess a burial would be cheaper.

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Taliesin Walker <taliesin@nospam.chariot.net.au> wrote in message
397a54f5_1@news.chariot.net.au">news:397a54f5_1@news.chariot.net.au...
> 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.
>
> As for this incident, these things happen and not much can really be done
I
> suppose.
>
> Tali
>
>
> <petercook9709@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> 8lcg8h$bsl$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:8lcg8h$bsl$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > At approximately 8.30pm at a level crossing at Couridjah (south of
> > Thirlmere on the Picton-Mittagong Loop Line) a tourist train (CN1747,
> > HN2197, BCS????, BCS2356, RMS2359, LAN????, PHA2394 hauled by double
> > headed diesel locos - a 48 and a 49) was struck five times by ballast
> > rocks, breaking four windows, two on CN1747 and two on HN2197 (the
> > porthole window on the up left door of CN1747 was struck twice and has
> > two holes in it). Additionally, one of the windows on either BCS2356 or
> > RMS2359 was also believed to have been struck, although it did not
> > appear to have penetrated either the inner or outer glass.
> >
> > Miraculously, nobody was injured during the attack although several
> > passengers travelling in the two carriages struck were understandably
> > shocked.  It is also believed that one of the locomotives was also
> > struck, though there was no apparent damage to either upon inspection
> > at Thirlmere.
> >
> > The train was a Christmas in July dinner service, which had left Picton
> > Station at 6.45 heading to Buxton.  It was intended to proceed back to
> > Thirlmere, then to Buxton again and back to Picton.  The tour was
> > intended to finish at Thirlmere around midnight.  As the tour operators
> > did not want to tempt fate, the second trip to Buxton was replaced with
> > another return trip to Picton.
> >
> > It is believed the persons responsible were local youths.  It is also
> > believed these people also attempted a second attack on the train near
> > Thirlmere ten minutes later.
> >
> > IMHO, it is a disgrace that this occurred, and it is a shame this may
> > affect future tourist services on the loop line.  However, none of the
> > passengers abandoned the train after the incident, deciding instead to
> > continue on board the tour until it was completed.
> >
> > Peter Cook
> > Passenger
> >
> > For the record, at the time of the attacks, I was sitting in HN2197 one
> > seat behind one of the smashed windows.
> >
> >
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