goods train derailed

munchkin1981 · Post by **munchkin1981** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:44 pm

holmes and russel rds in wattlup it has derailed

jmmw · Post by **jmmw** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:47 pm

oh... for real?

Post by **gkoutlis** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:02 pm

Not much was reported on this... any more detail - was it just a minor derailment?

Post by **Toottoot** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:38 pm

I heard one of the end carriages detached from the train and was left over the opposite side of a level crossing

Post by **gkoutlis** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:40 am

Toottoot wrote:I heard one of the end carriages detached from the train and was left over the opposite side of a level crossing

Cheers for the info.

woobla1 · Post by **woobla1** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:57 pm

wa has freight trains?

for what mining?

westernwedgey · Post by **westernwedgey** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:06 pm

woobla1 wrote:wa has freight trains?

Umm, how do you think everything gets to Alcoa Kwinana

There's still freight lines running through the Metro area.

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:37 pm

Most of the trains that travel along the east-west rail line carry freight.

eg in Merredin they have the Prospector (passengers) plus about 8 trains a day carrying freight - including, but not limited to, sulfur & salt to and from the Goldfields and goods from the Eastern States.

Post by **Toottoot** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:12 pm

woobla1 wrote:wa has freight trains?

for what mining?

All of our Mr Whippy vans were brought by the government and converted to travel by rail to reduce greenhouse emissions.

Post by **gkoutlis** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:45 am

A freight train you will see still uses the old Fremantle line opposite Ciccerello's most week day nights...

Post by **Toottoot** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:48 pm

gkoutlis wrote:A freight train you will see still uses the old Fremantle line opposite Ciccerello's most week day nights...

There are about ten a day that use that line.