Re: (NSW) Tourist Dining Train Attacked at Couridjah

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

HXP1 (hxp1@dingoblue.net.au) wrote:
> David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
> d_te5.93$AU.5536@news0.optus.net.au">news:d_te5.93$AU.5536@news0.optus.net.au...
> > 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?

Safety != bulletproof.

Cheers
David