Re: Hurstbridge line problems (29/7)

["LooseLips" <danv@primus.com.au>]

Well thats the problem with the Herald Sun isnt it.

They always print shit and the shit that they print is wrong!

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Gareth Lumsden <s9763278@minyos.its.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Craig Haber wrote:
>
> > In the wee hours of Thurs 29/7, a car was placed on the railway line
> > near the Sherbourne Road overbridge (down side of Greensborough).  This
> > was struck by the first up spark of the morning.
> >
> > I am told that spark returned to Eltham, but the car must have blocked
> > the track, as services were running ex-Greensborough.  The line blockage
> > captured 9 sets (4 at Eltham, 5 at Hurstbridge), so a couple of sets ran
> > out from the city, and some early services were cancelled.  My train
> > (0654 ex-Rosanna) was about 10 mins late.
>
> There's a large color photo on Page 3 of yesterday's PM edition Herald
> Sun.  108M was the carriage to hit.  The map published in the HS is wrong.
>
> Gareth.
>
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