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Re: Beresfield Accident Findings

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Beresfield Accident Findings
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 01:54:02 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

Tezza wrote:

> It's fairly rare, there's more chance of it coming out of the bottom than
> the top. All that'll come off the top is virtually dust, as the coal is
> crushed, not in big lumps.

I once saw a coal train go under a pedestrian bridge.  The last wagon was poorly
loaded, with a lump approximately 3 feet high on it.  As this wagon went under
the bridge, the entire lump slammed into the bridge and covered the whole bridge
in coal!

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

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