Re: Train derailment at Waverton?

[billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)]

"Garry Hoddinett" <hoddos@netspace.net.au> wrote:

>  4 carriages have apparently derailed on an empty car movement into the
> siding behind Waverton Station.  Train Services have been suspended between
> Gordon and North Sydney.

Apparently the problem was that when 4 cars of the 8 car K set
derailed, they managed to disrupt the overhead in the vicinity in some
unsated manner.  It was the overhead damage that caused the shut down
of the Shore train services.

Shore services were restored about 2pm after the overhead was aligned
and the "still on the rails" cars were extracted.  Service was due to
be suspended at around 8pm to allow rerailing and extraction of the
derailed cars.

Cheers,

Bill