Re: Inland rail safety questioned after derailment

["Steve R" <sjrobertson@iprimus.com.au>]

"Bruce Greening" <bgreeni@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> John McCandless wrote:
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> >  >
> > > As usual for such reports, either the politician being quoted or the
> > > journalist writing the story managed to get something wrong.  In this
> > > case, the story refers to the "Great Western Line", which is lightly
> > > laid branch line from Westgate to Quilpie (Westgate south of
Charleville
> > > on the Cunnamulla line).
> > >
> > > The correct name for the Townsville - Mt Isa line is the "Great
Northern
> > > Line", although I don't know if the term is still in common use.
> > >
> >
> > <nitpick>  It's actually GNR - Great Northern Railway -  </nitpick>
> >
> > Derailments are a fact of life out here as things get hotter - all the
> > engineering in the world won't prevent them.
> > This is purely political mud slinging, IMHO.
> >
> > --
> > John McCandless
> > <insert new sig here>
> > Cloncurry Qld Au
> > http://www.geocities.com/johnmccandlessqld
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> In fact the latest derailment near Torrens Creek was on new concrete
sleepered
> track, so I think a buckle (mis-alingnment) is unlikely. My betting is on
a
> bearing failure
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> --
> Bruce L. Greening
> bgreeni@ibm.net
>

Broken axle.

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Regards,
Steven Robertson