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Re: Concord West Derailment
- Subject: Re: Concord West Derailment
- From: Robert Harris <bob@fastlink.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 19:16:01 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Microplex PTY LTD
- References: <78egen$95o$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36aaf3ce.0@139.134.5.33> <78f9mn$p2f$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36ae8789.3306965@news.bigpond.com> <36ABB95C.88AE1F0E@hotmail.com> <78hhuq$5ec$1@toto.tig.com.au> <36adcab9.1568956@news.mpx.com.au> <36AD9579.87A3CD1B@fastlink.com.au> <36ADDD16.7C655E15@ozemail.com.au>
David Johnson wrote:
> Robert Harris wrote:
>
> > No one has mentioned that the point clean occured on Mondays, Wedensdays and
> > Fridays. This has been advised to me by other Hby guards and drivers.
> > The derailment occured on a Tuesday.
>
> The reason for it occuring on the Tuesday was that Monday was a Public Holiday
> (June long weekend). The last time those points had been used was 96 hours prior,
> meaning the points really should not have been used anyway, as the 72 hours had
> been exceeded. There was a story going around that there was an argument prior to
> the train leaving Hornsby as to whether the train would be doing the point clean.
> The story goes that the driver was told that he would not be doing it. Don't know
> about the accuracy of the story, but it sounds good... :-)
>
> --
> David Johnson
Thats what I got from the guard, same story.
By the way he has now taken up duties at Penrith Box.
rgds