Re: Train Accident in Blue Mountains

[keithm@commslab.gov.au (Dave Malcolm)]

In article <1T9GOKpeVOxaPy2xHKVO8nyaFDw4@4ax.com> RNS <steam3801@hotmail.com> writes:
>From: RNS <steam3801@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Train Accident in Blue Mountains
>Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 20:51:13 +1100


>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!

And no steam loco to blame.

Dave Malcolm

>>
>>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.