Re: [Fwd: Another City Rail Signalling Question]

David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 26 Apr 1998 15:15:06 +1000

Michael Walker wrote:

> Anyway, He told me the story of a train accident near Caulfield,
> Melbourne (not sure how far back) where the train was tripped but the driver
> kept resetting the brake and kept going where he collided with the train in
> front - glad to say he didn't hit it too fast. Perhaps someone with more
> experience in such areas can comment.

Same happened at Como one night. Driver tripped past two automatic signals, and
came round the corner and collided with a train standing at the platform. It
was very low speed, fortunately.

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David Johnson
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