Re: 46 Class Locomotives

[Dennis Rittson <drittson@cia.com.au>]

maikha_l@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> To all Aus.railers.
> 
> Hello once again. This topic takes me to one of my favourite
> locomotives. The good ol' 46 Class.
> 4638 is running 3801 Ltd.'s Tour somewhere this month.
> The 46 Class locomotive depot I was looking for a month ago, I have
> come to terms that they all have been selfishly scrapped!!! and that'd
> be about it.
> 
> But wait...it was this week I was told by someone about the 4620!
> I'm sure you all know the 4620 was the locomotive that caused (Or
> saying sentively, involved in) the Granville Disaster in 1977.
> 
> By any chance was there rumours coming out about the 4620 months after
> the disaster? The rumours were that it was swapped with another damaged
> locomotive and given a new number, in simpler terms, a cover-up!

The locomotive was completely dismantled and all the parts meticulously
examined during the course of the Accident Inquiry. It was never
reassembled after that. It's possible that the parts were used as
spares, but there was no cover up. The PTC(?) was found to be liable and
was sued for several million dollars.


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Cheers,

Dennis





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