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Re: Big derailment. Melb yard 25/5

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Big derailment. Melb yard 25/5
From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
Date: 26 May 1998 05:43:09 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: University of New England, NSW, Australia
References: <sthyer-2605981538190001@anatpc40.anatomy.unimelb.edu.au>

Stuart Thyer (sthyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au) wrote:
>Overland passengers were sent to Adelaide by bus.  

The Overland did depart later on, some time around midnight I think.

>The incoming XPT was terminated at Seymour.

This means it was on the down side of Seymour at 18.00, horribly late. 
Had it been on time things would have been interesting. Can sg passenger
trains still use the Sunshine platform? 

Cheers
David

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