Re: Granville Train accident
Michael Walker (walker@hotkey.net.au)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 20:13:31 +1100
Tell wrote:
>
> billbolton@REMOVE-TO-EMAILacslink.net.au (Bill Bolton)
> wrote:
> >It involved a morning commuter train made up of older style,
> >locomotive hauled carriages from the Blue Mountains. The carriages
> >immediately behind the 46 class electric locomotive hauling the train
> >derailed on the western approach to Granville station and knocked out
> >a steel pier supporting the concrete road bridge over the railway at
> >that point. The bridge collapsed without any central support and
> >crushed two of the carriages, one completely and another for most of
> >its length.
>
> It is a long time ago, but I thought the 46 derailed
> and flipped onto it's side and clouted the supports.!
>
> ----Tell
> Alice Springs NT
Bill was correct, from memory the 3rd and 4th carriages were the ones
the bridge fell on.