Re: Junee derailment.

["nobody" <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com>]

They say the container was only held by one of four bolts. This could have
been worn over time and may have cracked just before arrival at Junee. thats
the only logical explanation I can think of. I'm pretty convinced from
photos that it wasnt really infrastructure (this time).

Brendan

"David & Julie Donald" <dsjmd@hermes.net.au> wrote in message
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> Please excuse my naivety, but there is at least one issue relating to this
> incident doesn't seem to make all that much sense, and I can't remember
seeing
> any material giving any logical reasons for this situation.
>
> Assuming that the real cause of this incident was the loose container,
which
> would have been loaded at least in Sydney, and could possibly have
traveled all
> the way from Brisbane, what was so special about the infrastructure at
Junee
> that suddenly caused it to come loose ??  One would have assumed that BM2
would
> have been travelling for a minimum of six hours by the time in question,
and
> would have encountered all types of infrastructure, much of it of a
similar
> nature to that at Junee, as well as numerous incidents of deceleration and
> acceleration of varying degrees, yet it just happened to want to make its
move
> at Junee.
>
> Any suggestions or comments ??
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> David Donald
> Springwood, NSW
>
> dsjmd@hermes.net.au
>
>
>