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Re: NR derailment near Dungog
It should be cleared up by tomorrow night if there is no major damage to the
tunnel,which according to the gradient sheet is called Wallarobba
Tunnel,which is 37 mtrs long.
They seem to think bogie problem.
Fred Morley (Retired driver BMD)
sean <sean@hello.springwood.rail> wrote in message
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> how long will it take to clear up? im leaving on the 1420 BNE XPT on
friday
> will that be affected?
>
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> "Erk" <erk@erkV69.au.com> wrote in message
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> > This of course will soon be blamed on CityRail by the media (with an
> Olympic
> > reference thrown in somewhere) and someone in this NG will say it was
> caused
> > by a person not wearing a tie.
> >
> > Another example of POT (Pre Olympic Tension?)
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> > David Bromage wrote in message ...
> > |Heard on ABC radio that an NR steel train has derailed in the Hilldale
> > |tunnel near Dungog. XPT passengers are being bussed between Maitland
and
> > |Taree.
> > |
> > |Cheers
> > |David
> >
> >
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