Re: [Vic]Ararat Collision, 26-Nov-99

["Lineman" <grime@dcsi.net.au>]

"The Narc" <gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 26 Dec 1999 22:10:04 +1100, "Wizzer"
> <wizzer1865@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> >
> >>Bill McNiven <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> >Xha94.2489$n23.7960@ozemail.com.au">news:Xha94.2489$n23.7960@ozemail.com.au...
> >
> >> From http://www.news.com.au today ...
> >>
> >> Rail crash man sent into siding
> >>
> >> A MAN blamed by Freight Victoria for a head-on smash between two trains
in
> >> Ararat last month has been sacked.
> >>
> >> Marinus van Onselen, the chief executive of Freight Victoria, said a
> >company
> >> investigation found the long-serving employee "operated the main line
> >points
> >> of his own volition without instruction or direction".
> >>
> >> etc. etc.
> >>
> >Any idea who it was, those of us in Melb are trying to find out but to no
> >avail.
> >
> It was not either of the loco crew members it was a third multi
> skilled employee
> regards
> Regards Paul Johnston (MNRC)
I understand they checked for finger prints on the key and came up with a
Dingo paw print.
Graeme
Well it is the silly season isn't it :-)