Re: Granville Train accident

Eric Junkermann (eric@deptj.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 21:55:17 GMT

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>
> 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
>

These carriages were converted from old wooden-bodied 12-wheelers
especially for interurban services - they were quite nice really, except
for the strong possibility of being demolished in any accident. Fatalities
would probably have been fewer with steel-bodied stock.

Eric.

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