Re: Peterbrough Station news Sat 27th nov 1999.

[Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au>]

YES and NO, no one likes to hear of injury to people but unless you know
the people involved personally, it does not sink home. However because we
see trains running daily the they become part of us.
Don.

Roy Wilke wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 16:19:52 +1030, "Robin"
> <stationmaster@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> >Good afternoon from Peterborough in the mid
> >north of South Australia, a sad day for rail fans
> >with the news of two freight trains colliding at Ballarat
> > in Victoria ,
>
> (snippage of gunzelling)
>
> >
> >I patiently await this evenings news to hear of any damage
> >done to the locos involved in the crash in Victoria.
>
> Excuse me, but what's so important about the damage to locomotives
> which - after all - are non-sentient machines?
>
> Isn't news about the physical damage to the train crews and any
> unfortunate onlookers who happened to be too close to the accident
> much more important than news about the damage to a metallic object on
> wheels?
>
> Roy Wilke