Sorry we hit him coupler into the nearside door
> one of the two drivers and six passengers.
Yep I was the Driver and one lovely lady who just happened to be a Dynon
Drivers Mum
[Gary Smith} with several stitches above the Left eye.
Funny thing was I got the job in Wodonga when Gary turned it down, So I
suppose the two people who were taken to hospital could have been Mother
and Son if Gary had come here instead of me.
The loco was derailed towards
> the down side ie away from the SG but the semi and a few thousand cans of
> Pal and My Dog ended up on the SG halting all traffic for three hours.
The
The accident happened in full view of the Crew awaiting the train standing
on Wodonga Plat.
One Driver sprinted the 1000 meters to the train and assisted the
passengers to the outher end of the train as the truck was smocking badly,
and we expected it to burn
> southbound XPT had left Albury and was halted before the collision site
and
The less injured Driver was able to get the message on the end to end Radio
out, but when an incredulous operator Queeried the message soimeone in
blind panic began screaming garbage into the radio which in effect put my
mate off the air.
> returned to Albury (bloody lucky, eh?). The train (8311) was about 20
> minutes late and the 'accident' occurred at about 3.40pm. It is alleged
> that the truck driver was blinded by the setting sun but this sounds
fishy.
I can assure you at 1345 after wandering away from the loco back to the
Truckee to see if they had found him, I realised that I
didnt know if the lights were working, so I limped back to where I first
saw the Truck, and if you know the spot at all you would
realise he drove out of the shadow of Milos Cool Stores, very close to the
line, making the approach blind on the side the train was coming from, and
that to look left, he was looking into a brilliant Golden Haze. I stood out
side the shadow and looked towards Uncle Bens and the Crossing, and could
not tell the lights were flashing till I backed into the shade, and even
then it was not easy to see.
> Heading North with a large warehouse on the west side (I thought that the
> sun set in the west), next to the LC and the sun setting at
3.40pm???????? Believe it or not the last time I saw the truckee before the
windscreen opaqued he was squinting!
>
> > Anyone got any more info???
> >
> > --
> > Cheers Krel
> >
> > "The Universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than
> we
> > can imagine" - Clarkes second law.
> > Railway rules and regulations are the same.
> >
>