Re: Accident at Pakenham this week? Dandenong to be exact!

[Gareth Lumsden <s9763278@minyos.its.rmit.edu.au>]

Hi,

>From an even more reliable source, [ ;-) ], the train involved was a
Traralgon goods, with A71.  An X rescued the train and continued to haul
it to Traralgon.
A79 (fresh in V/Line Freight livery) was seen at Caulfield station later
that night with a damaged A71.

Thanks,
Gareth
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                          Gareth Lumsden
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On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, Translib Pty. Ltd. wrote:

> From my reliable source, the accident actually happened at Webster
> Street (Dandenong, Vic.) level crossing on Friday (7 Aug.) involving a
> truck and a suburban train.  Some signalling equipments were damaged and
> this affected all train services on Pakenham and Cranbourne lines beyond
> Dandenong.  The level crossing was also closed for road traffic.
> 
> Train services from Dandenong onwards should resume today (Sunday).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> I.C.