Re: Train Accident in Blue Mountains

[David McLoughlin <davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz>]

Dave Proctor wrote:
> 

> 11am update - 6 confirmed dead and 25 injured. The Indian-Pacific was
> apparently stopped when the 0639 train from Lithgow collided with the rear
> of the train.


The 1pm news here (when it is 11am in Sydney) also reported six dead,
and had a live interview with a passenger from the front carriage of the
Cityrail train who said the driver came leaping out of the cab yelling
to the passengers to "get down."  He said the train skidded along the
tracks (one assumes with the brakes full on) before running up the back
of the IP.

Does that line have train-stop-arms to stop electric trains that pass
through a stop signal?

David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand

"Tsing siu sum che mun – please stand clear of the door." 
-- Bilingual (Cantonese-English) announcement as the doors close on
trains of Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway.