Re: Re: Afternoon Tram News (Derailment) 30.7

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From: demondriver44

To: [email protected]

Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:16 PM

Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Afternoon Tram News (Derailment) 30.7

-Andy,the car was 42,I didn't get close but it had obviously split
the points and may have been all wheels off,the panto resembled a
wrecked wire coathanger,looked like leading truck took St.Kilda Rd
and trailing truck took Domain Rd.I think it would have happened
about 1500ish and the whole Southside was up Shit Creek for a couple
of hours.Paul,Andrew Vigus took the cloth,funny,I remember him as a
profane bastard,I saw some mention of him in the paper some time
ago.Jeff it would have been the Bendigo Centenarian[a vexed question]
all those years ago,I'll post another shot or two.Regards all,Peter
Bruce.-- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "Andy B" <andy@s...> wrote:
>
> * A Malvern tram on a down Rt 8 service derailed sometime in the
early
> afternoon.  The tram became insulated either after the derailment
or during
> the rerailing process and a mechanic recieved a 600v shock.  He was
> unconcious when taken to hospital by ambulance. Delays to services
were
> massive, as Workcover was required to attend the site.  Many trams
were
> stuck between Domain Rd & Flinders St.  Some Rt 64 trams were ran
shuttles
> between East Brighton & Domain Rd, others ran Special to
Glenhuntly.  There
> were trickles of trams on Rt 3 and 69; down Rt 3 trams for some
reason
> waited at East Malvern until their correct departure time, only
infurating
> frustrated passengers even more.  Many drivers had been on the road
for up
> to 6 hours, and were rapidly becoming annoyed.   By about 17.15,
the delay
> was clear and services moved again.
>
>
> As I was not present, can anyone add further comments?  I do not
know which
> tram was involved.
>
>
>
> --
> Andy B - andyx@b...   http://spatula-city.net/



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