Re: Concord West Derailment

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

tony_g_1@hotmail.com wrote:

> Now we are getting more toward what it should be..  PROBABLY..
>

That is what it always was.  Perhaps you should read the original message again:

I looked at the track at the site, and I feel that the train may have got
through the turnout OK.  Just after the turnout on the outside rail I noticed a
fractured rail.  If the extreme force of the train on the light rail caused it
to fracture, that could have caused the derailment.

> > I know many
> > people who do not believe that the 1990 3801 accident was caused by sand.
> >These are ill-informed people claiming they know something that the SRA
> >engineers do not. (People who were not at the accident site, mind you.)
>
> Ahhh, I think it was that last comment, not by any means infering that someone
> of you high standard of knowledge would ever be ill informed, but one would be
> assuming that you know something that others don't...

For starters, I have not seen a report into the accident, so I don't feel that I am
disagreeing with any experts.  Secondly, the crucial piece of evidence (the
fractured rail) was removed by someone who was not authorised to do so.  I do not
know whether it was examined prior to removal, but if it wasn't, there is very
little chance of this being investigated.

> maybe the driver could tell us what really happened...

I don't think the driver is talking about the incident to anyone.

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David Johnson
CityRail Guard
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