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    Posted 11 months ago

      M636C Minister for Railways

    XAM2179 looks to be still on the track ok, so this sleeper will likely return to service quickly but they also have a spare which maybe available and enable it to be rotated out for repairs.
    The XAM is the car on its side behind 2018
    Only the XAM and some of the XL cars have the Explorer style bogie clearly seen in the photographs.

    Peter
    Posted: 22 Feb 2020 00:24

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      dthead Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia
    EDITED: https://www.railpage.com.au/f-p2169878.htm  for discussion of single XP unit  and on other locos pulling the xpt carriages.  This is not a a on topic discussion point. Worthy of  the seperate thread.  I will splitted off topic not directly related to this accident, and since then deleted two posts  - which I then posted int he new thread.

    XAM2175 ,  A6et  I suggest you  follow that link and repost if desired.
    Posted: 22 Feb 2020 11:19

    Last edited by dthead on 22 Feb 2020 21:43; edited 2 times in total
      Fatty Deputy Commissioner

    Location: Melbourne
    The signal box at Wallan had been damaged by fire after a copper wire theft.
    Posted: 22 Feb 2020 18:11

    Last edited by Fatty on 22 Feb 2020 19:51; edited 1 time in total
      marvin Assistant Commissioner

    Location: Mars... "The Earth? Oh, the Earth will be gone in just a few seconds!"
    ^^^ Hi Fatty. Could you clarify if that was a Signal Box or a Signal Hut (ie: lineside hut) that you referred to.

    There is a big difference between the two.

    marvin
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    Posted: 22 Feb 2020 18:23

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      Fatty Deputy Commissioner

    Location: Melbourne
    ^^^ Hi Fatty. Could you clarify if that was a Signal Box or a Signal Hut (ie: lineside hut) that you referred to.

    There is a big difference between the two.

    marvin
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    marvin
    Signal hut for the pedants.
    Posted: 22 Feb 2020 18:28
      Fatty Deputy Commissioner

    Location: Melbourne
    From what I've seen trains were switched from the main to the loop at 1900 on the day of the incident.
    Posted: 22 Feb 2020 18:31

    Last edited by Fatty on 22 Feb 2020 19:21; edited 1 time in total
      RTT_Rules Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Dubai UAE

    Do we need to start thinking about a second