44 Men, 37 Women and 2 Children. Crazy. All because you have to keep the voters happy in the Blue Mountains and make sure the train gets to Sydney on time.
@Prime4571 Prime is likely referring to comments made in the 1997 (?) telemovie documenting the accident, "The Day of the Roses". One of the beaurecrat type characters comes out with those remarks. It is likely however that they reflect sentiment expressed in the actual coronial enquiry into the disaster.
The video documentry came out around 1997 and is titled Great Australian Disasters of the 20th Century. Footage is from the Canberra: National Film and Sound Archive.
The train crashes range from the Richmond disaster in July 1910 to the
Granville disaster that happened in January 1977.
With utmost respect to the victims of those accidents...rail travel is still one of the safest transport systems around.
pyrofella 1 week ago
shut up Prime 4571 you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. My dad was on that train and you can get ...
dm3830 10 months ago
44 Men, 37 Women and 2 Children. Crazy. All because you have to keep the voters happy in the Blue Mountains and make sure the train gets to Sydney on time.
Prime4571 1 year ago
@Prime4571 Even for Youtube comments, that was truly fucking dumb
CatTerrist 8 months ago
@Prime4571 Prime is likely referring to comments made in the 1997 (?) telemovie documenting the accident, "The Day of the Roses". One of the beaurecrat type characters comes out with those remarks. It is likely however that they reflect sentiment expressed in the actual coronial enquiry into the disaster.
Jerram89 7 months ago
what year was this??
bebuggered85 2 years ago
The video documentry came out around 1997 and is titled Great Australian Disasters of the 20th Century. Footage is from the Canberra: National Film and Sound Archive.
The train crashes range from the Richmond disaster in July 1910 to the
Granville disaster that happened in January 1977.
darkflame8 2 years ago
excellent footage!
shazam75 2 years ago