Re: Granville Train accident

Bob (gioia@fastlink.com.au)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:21:10 +1100

David Bromage wrote:

> Bill Bolton (billbolton@REMOVE-TO-EMAILacslink.net.au) wrote:
> >It involved a morning commuter train made up of older style,
> >locomotive hauled carriages from the Blue Mountains.
>
> The loco was 4620. I think the train was the 6.09 from Mount Victoria.
>
> Cheers
> David

The train was W108 from Mt Vic. A photo of the loco can be found on Eben
Levys photo gallery at
http://www.klever.net.au/~ebenlevy/46class/4620_Chullora_after_Granville_accident_1977_(Stephen%20Ho

The train was made up of converted Supplimentry Interurban cars. The date
was 18/1/77. I have a copy of the official report if you need any specific
details of the disaster.
Bob