Standard practise Maurie, in fact the Crew would have been
under orders.
>Even the next morning when the train was still sitting in the same place we
>were told nothing.
>I went up front to see the situation and it wasnt a pretty sight.
>The first GM was pretty well totally stuffed and was off the track, the 2nd GM
>was OK and on the track but some of the front cars had their bogies off the
>track.
>Eventually like about 20 hours after the prang all the passengers were herded
>like sheep off the train and onto the north bound GHAN which obviously wasnt
>going to get to the Alice and the passengers from the North bound ghan were
>put on what carriages of our train which was still on the track and the trains
>went back to whence they came, fortunately there was a ALF in Alice Yard which
>rescued the damaged train.
Not a lot you can do for a while, when you are in the middle
of Australia. There is nothing in Alice Springs these days
to rescue something like that, not even a 830 class shunter.
The Low Loader "bottomed out" and was stuck on the rails
whilst crossing the line due to the way that particular
"level" crossing was constructed after the 1984 Marla
washaways, the only time the TAS has been flood bound since
it's construction.
>I dunno how long the line was blocked for.
>A very forgettable experiance.
>MD
I'll bet it was. ;-)
Cheers
----Tell
Alice Springs NT