Re: Granville Train accident
Tell (telljb@ozemail.com.au)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 03:28:28 GMT
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