Re: "Day of the Roses"

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

Andrew & Lynda Calder wrote in message <36353395.121C@ozemail.com.au>...
>If I am not mistaken it was stated in the show that the train was
>running 3 minutes late due to signals further back up the line.


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The Coroner's report states :
"The train departed Parramatta at 8.10 a.m., three minutes late, having been
delayed by signals at Blacktown, with at least 469 passengers.
The normal schedule for this service provided for a non-stop run from
Parramatta to Strathfield and signals were cleared at Granville, 2 km east
of Parramatta, for a run through Granville Station on the up main western
line, the normal route for a movement of this kind.
Soon after leaving Parramatta the speed of the train accelerated to 80 kph,
the authorized maximum speed for this section. Being aware of a 20 kph
temporary restriction because of trackwork being performed at Clyde, east of
Granville, the driver switched off power and was reducing speed just prior
to reaching Granville.
As the train was moving around a left hand curve travelling east and about
150 feet west of an overbridge known as the Bold Street bridge the
locomotive, travelling at a speed of 78 kph, became derailed and in turn
caused the derailment of the leading and second carriages, Nos 1 and 2."

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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au