Re: "Day of the Roses"

[shanen@*NOSPAM*accsoft.com.au (Shane)]

On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:13:12 +1100, "Chris Stratton"
<stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au> wrote:

>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.
>
>
><snip>
>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."

Funny how 'dry' these things (Coroner's reports) sound. Yet it is
still kind of distressing, knowing what happens.

-- 
- Shane

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