Re: Indian Pacific Crash

[jdennis@acslink.net.au (John Dennis)]

On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:53:13 +1000, "Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>
wrote:

>Source has reported that IP prang was caused by crew member on ground
>opening switch in path of IP, diverting it onto the goods.
>
>Route was set correctly but he was standing alongside the switch stand and
>read the wrong face, in a panic without looking at the blades he though the
>points.

Interesting.  There was an article in a recent TRAINS magazine about a
head-on which occurred in exactly the same way.  The man on the
ground, off the freight train waiting in the siding, for reasons
unexplained, changed the turnout as the passenger train approached.

Human error - it is the reason for most accidents.

Cheers...JD