> 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.
-- David Johnson CityRail Guard trainman@ozemail.com.au http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/