Re: Concord derailment

[Andrew Duffin <duffin@pronet.net.au>]

"Paul Jones" <dj_nightshade@geocities.com> writes: > What i heard was a an 8 car tangara was doing 110km/h on a section rated at
> 25(??)km/h. guard is ok, driver was rushed to hospital after being trapped
> for 2 hrs, with suspected back and neck injuries. most of the train looked
> like a write off... some enged up on a road.
> 


I also heard this.  One the news tonight, they said the train was doing 
110k/h instead of 25k/h.  One possible explanation could be that the 
train was late, as the working timetable states that it passes through
Concord West station at 424am.

>From memory this would make about 3(??) 4 car tangara sets written off.
Can anyone enlighten me on this.

Andrew Duffin