Re: Media, railways and facts.

[G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff Lambert)]

Craig Haber <albatross@harnessnet.com.au> wrote:

>A recent article in the "Weekly Times" (complete with picture of blue
>and yellow T class) discussed rural standardisation in Victoria....in
>some parts the track is so bad that trains have to slow from "150km/h to
>40km/h".

ABC Radio News this morning (9/6), reporting on North line derailment
of what it said was a Tangara, went on to say that police were
concerned because of "massive amounts of fuel which had spilled from
the derailed train".  All those amps lying around?

Geoff Lambert