Re: Rail accidents (was: Re: Transfer of X35 &S317 from Newport workshops to seymour)

[Michael Van Baast <vanbaast@NOSPAMacay.com.au>]

Reuben Farrelly wrote:
> 
> MarkBau1 <markbau1@aol.comQQQQyuk> wrote in message
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> ><<<<<<X35 hit a truck and feel off a bridge near Glenorchy, Vic. I think
> >this happened in the early eighties.>>>>>>
> 
> Cripes!   I bet it hit the ground with a bit of a thud ;)
> 
> >This is true but X35 was fully rebuilt after that mishap. BTW it was
> sometime
> >in the early 70's I believe The condition that X35 is in now is a result of
> a
> >collision at Tottenham? with an A class. This only happenned a few years
> ago.
> 
> Does anyone have photos or know of any good URL's of any of this sort of
> thing?  It's not impossible to find photos of rail accidents overseas, but
> are there any web sites of this sort of thing in Australia?  (apart from
> what were Eben's photos of the NR accident this year)  I hope it doesn't
> sound morbid; it's just not anything I've really seen in real :)
> 
> Reuben

one of our own aus.rail people, david bromage <SP?> has an accident
photo site at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/oops.htm
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