Re: Train Accident in Blue Mountains

[RNS <steam3801@hotmail.com>]

On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 13:52:11 +1200, David McLoughlin
<davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz> wrote:

No. The train trip arms finish at Emu Plains!
It would appear that either:
1. The interurban train passed a signal at stop, or
2. There was a signal failure

Has anyone noted the similarities  to Cowan Bank except the trains
were travelling downhill and it was the IP instead of 3801?

The results of the Inquiry will indeed be interesting. No sand on the
rails travelling downhill!
>
>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.