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Re: Indian Pacific Crash
- Subject: Re: Indian Pacific Crash
- From: David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 23:39:35 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: East Highlands Railway
- References: <7qfcbv$2ktn$1@otis.netspace.net.au> <37d0c7a4.36176407@news.optusnet.com.au>
- Reply-To: del@ancc.com.au
John Dennis wrote:
> Interesting. There was an article in a recent TRAINS magazine about a
> head-on which occurred in exactly the same way. The man on the
> ground, off the freight train waiting in the siding, for reasons
> unexplained, changed the turnout as the passenger train approached.
Yes JD, I recall the same article. Was that accident during the wartime or not?
If so then the same comment regarding long hours could apply. I can't find my
copy at the moment. Makes an interesting read all the same.
David