Re: Derailment at OLYMPIC PARK.

[facetious@my-deja.com]

In article <37CF4E2A.BA772238@fastlink.com.au>,
  Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote:
> A 2 car L set that does the Olympic Park shuttle derailed yesterday.
> Apparantly the points on the approach to the platforms split.


The Olympic Sprint trains go through at set of wheels every 7 weeks.
Due to the sharpness of the curves, the flanges wear extremely quickly.
 The derailment was caused by sharp flanges.


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