Talk:Glenbrook train disaster
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[edit] Missing facts
Where did this occur? There are many Glenbrooks around the world. slambo 01:51, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
The train accident happened in Glenbrook (Blue Mountains of New South Wales) in Australia. (I used to live there) I hope this helps. Regards, Lauren.
[edit] Ambiguity - Sources - Enquiries
The article states:
- In the accident, an interurban passenger train passed a red signal ...
- The most important factor was that the interurban picked up too much speed after passing the signal at stop, and was not able to see the rear of the long distance train
This is rather odd/ambiguous. The first bit above reads as if the interurban passed the signal at red in error, but in that case any speed would be too much speed. The seconds perhaps suggests that the interurban was instructed to pass the signal running at caution, but the article certainly doesn't say that.
Either way, some cited sources would be good.
I'm sure rail accidents in Australia attract official enquiries and reports; why does this article not reference any of them.
From that perspective, I think the article is only half-complete, so I'm reinstating stub status.
[edit] Came to a stop at red signal and restarted according to rules.
So far so good.
Tabletop 02:42, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- It's not "so good" because clearly the article is confusing (and it wasn't "good" because there was a crash! Duh!). I believe what you're saying is that the rules for this railway allow one to pass a red signal without extra authorization, as long as you do so at a speed where you can stop for a train ahead - is that correct? This type of rule is sometimes the case but it's counter-intuitive for most people (who think red is like on the highways, stop until it changes, full stop). Thus the accident CityRail driver was going too fast since he couldn't stop in time for the Indian Pacific? It isn't obvious what the implications are, so it needs to be explained in layperson terminology. I'll keep looking for better sources. Jpp42 13:52, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
