Cowan rail accident

متى

6 مايو 1990

النوع

حادث سكك حديدية

إحداثيات

33.55° S, 151.20° E

Description

fatal Australian train collision of 1990

Deaths

6

Injured

106

1990 passenger train accident in Australia

At 7:20 pm AEST on 6 May 1990, locomotive 3801, returning from the Morpeth Jazz Festival, was struck in the rear by a following CityRail inter-urban passenger service. The steam train had stalled while attempting to climb the steep gradient from the Hawkesbury River to Cowan, New South Wales, and it was found that sand applied to the rails to regain traction had interfered with the signals and given the following tra…

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