Last night's local paper had a picture of the wreck of a high speed train in eastern Australia, but no story on it. It looked like the whole train was derailed, but no one was killed.
Would any of you guys from down under like to supply some details?
There are a number of links to stories at:
By all accounts the rescue and recovery operation was also handled very well, considering the fact that the derailment occured well out in the donga.
But it's particularly sad in the light of QR's otherwise excellent safety record, and generally good performance.
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