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Re: "Day of the Roses"
- To: ROY HOWARTH <rhowarth@tig.com.au>
- Subject: Re: "Day of the Roses"
- From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 04:03:50 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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ROY HOWARTH wrote:
> That incident occurred in 1985 (don't remember the exact date) and
> involved C3883, the rear car of a city bound six-car set. Caused due to
> heat buckling the tracks on the south-side of the bridge.
It was on 29/1/85. It was the 14:05 from Como.
> And no, the handrail didn't stop the train falling into the river, the
> checkrails did. The train could have easily demolished the handrail and
> taken the plunge otherwise.
And yes, it did. I was there. The handrail was bent very badly. The handrails on
the Como bridge are, thankfully, quite substantial.
--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/