Re: Beresfield Accident Findings

["Tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au>]

David Johnson wrote in message <354C95DF.FB660F10@ozemail.com.au>...
>Tezza wrote:

>> > It is not known for the sparks to hit high balast after track work.

>> You mean it *is* known? So how many times in your experience?

>I was on a V set that hit a witches hat full of rocks at 115 km/h near
>Corrimal.  I suppose this would be a good way for people to hitch rides on
>freight trains if they were fitted with trips!



They do it anyway. I found one last winter in Inner Harbour on a coalie. I
thought he was dead, it took a few minutes for him to move and then more
before he could talk. He only had on a light shirt, so was almost frozen to
death. Probably just as well he'd been pissed.