Re: (VIC) Derailment @ Elders

[telljb@OZozemail.com.au (< Tell >)]

Derailments will occur just like they did in the past,
at least in these days with *all* bogie stock and
concrete continuous welded track, well ..in the better
parts of Australia, both pioneered by CR/ANR/AN, they
are dramatically reduced.

> "Another fine mess you've got us into Olly"

Yeah, bit like when ANR started pushing *real* trains
over the border to the Vics way back in the early
seventies (W.A.Webb would have been pleased), they
could not handle them, because the Victorian system was
designed and maintained on the best 19th century
British passenger rail systems.

AN have gone from the railway scene, so I guess the
privates will take the brunt now. :)

----Terry Burton
Alice Springs NT
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>"Notagunzel" <notagunzel@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> Sometime last night, 9751/MP9 Down SCT derailed at the Grade Crossing for Elders
> Siding, aka Elders Block point.  6 ABFY vans derailed, and ended up very neatly
> lined up on the West Line (BG).  I'm not aware of the cause yet, but my spy
> reports a broken rail in the SG just before the Grade Crossing.  Whether this
> happened before or after the derailment I don't know.  'Gheringhap Loop'
> reported in Ausloco that what was left of the SCT went through Gheringhap at
> 0158 (Sat) with G519+G535 and only 17 SCT wagons.
> 
> Rerailing operations have commenced with heavy cranes, situated on the West
> Line.  the East Line is also being fouled by the cranes at work.
> 
> All services on the BG to GEX are terminating at Lara (or not running?).  I
> beleive the R on the Warrnambool isn't running.
> 
> The Up Overland got to Gheringhap? and has terminated, and is currently running
> West behind either BL 27 or 33 (Steellink colours).  It was thru Cressy @ ~
> 1150.
> 
> Also spied was NR 82 & 80 on 9712/PM5? at Wingeel, just waiting....
> 
> In this brave new world, I assume the Director of Public Transport will recover
> payments from VLP for not running trains, who will recover the money from FV via
> the access agreement.  I wonder what arrangement is in place for FV to recover
> money from the ARTC, and to the ARTC from either SCT or ABB (depending on what
> caused the accident).
> 
> "Another fine mess you've got us into Olly"