Re: "Day of the Roses"

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

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.

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David Johnson
CityRail Guard
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