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Re: Granville Train accident

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Granville Train accident
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 19:37:09 +1100
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Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

Tell wrote:

> The question which still bothers me is why the NSWPTC
> was still using wooden passenger stock, when it was
> known some 50 years or more prior to Granville that
> wooden passenger stock offered little protection to
> it's occupants.

I suppose they secretly hoped that they would not ever need collision
protection.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

References:
- Re: Granville Train accident
  - From: Dennis Rittson <drittson@cia.com.au>
- Re: Granville Train accident
  - From: Ian Strawbridge <webmaster@webmaker.com.au>
- Re: Granville Train accident
  - From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>

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