Re: HUNTER CRASH

Maurie Daly (mauried@commslab.gov.au)
Sat, 25 Oct 1997 13:31:35 GMT

In article <3451D481.6684CDAE@ozemail.com.au> David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> writes:
>From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
>Subject: Re: HUNTER CRASH
>Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 21:14:09 +1000

>David Bromage wrote:

>> As it was relatively early in the morning, could the driver have been
>> looking into the sun and missed a signal?

>He would have had to have missed three signals.

Had a good look at the exercise of lifting the final 82 off the 3 tracks this
afternoon.
Took 2 100 tonne cranes both lifting at the same time.
Sure was a mess.
At the rate they are going Id say that all lines will be free by tomorrow with
possibly the down pass line free this evening.
Dunno if its coincidence but there seems to have been a statistically
abnormally high number of train accidents recently.
Hines Hill, MT christie, the Hunter smash and the WA derailment .
Whilst fortunately rail accidents are rare, maybe they are becoming just a
little less rare?

cheers
MD

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Maurie Daly
Department of Communications Lab.
Canberra
Australia
mauried@commslab.gov.au
ph 6 2791331
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