Re: Sydney Light Rail Outage: Overhead Wiring Issues Cause Commuter Chaos In Sydney
  peterm...

One could hypothesize that something was hanging down and the driver didn't
have enough time to stop clear of it. They do a fair speed there.


On Sunday, 12 March 2023 at 11:58:20 UTC+11peterm...@... wrote:

> Found the photos.

>

> On Sunday, 12 March 2023 at 11:56:23 UTC+11peterm...@... wrote:

>

>> The train was A73 a Waratah. I saw a photo of A73 after it was Diesal

>> hauled to Central Platform 1 showing the country end ( what would have been

>> the front) had impact damage to the centre door windows on the cab. Of

>> course with farcebook I now cannot find the photo. If I can I will post it!

>>

>> On Sunday, 12 March 2023 at 11:03:13 UTC+11 Matthew Geier wrote:

>>

>>>

>>> On 12/3/23 10:58, TP wrote:

>>> > I notice that since that Panania incident they have been running no

>>> > Millenium trains, which are the type that normally operate on that

>>> line.

>>> >

>>> One of the train's roof hatches was torn off. I'm wondering of the hatch

>>> came open and caught a span wire initiating the destruction of the

>>> overhead. All similar trains will now be inspected to ensure it's not a

>>> widespread type issue.

>>>

>>>

>>>