Re: 5 Dead in XPT accident

["Paul Nicholson" <pn1@rocketmail.com>]

Film on the SkyNews at 2100 showed the front power car to be 2017
"Melbourne". Front bogie was derailed but damage appeared to be relatively
minor. The accident happened on the Olympic Way crossing north of Albury.
Paul N
"Andrew Tailby" <atailby@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> A report said that the train was in the dirt some lenght away from the
> impact about 1200m's only the loco and the front car off the rails.
> Andrew
> <hagiss@my-deja.com> wrote in message 94tuom$brl$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:94tuom$brl$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > Brisbane radio 4KQ just reported five people killed when the Sydney -
> > Melbourne Overnight XPT ran into a car on a level crossing near the
> > Victorian border, around 4am today, Saturday 27th Jan 2001.
> >
> > No one on the XPT was injured.
> >
> > Countrylink spokeperson said it would look into the accident to find
> > out why the vehicle was on the tracks at the level crossing.
> >
> > No mention of damage to the XPT.
> >
> >
> > - Michael Pfeiffer
> >
> >
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