NSW: Derailment of goods train

AAP General News (Australia)
01-19-2000
NSW: Derailment of goods train

There has been another train derailment in New South Wales, and the opposition says
the government isn't doing enough to stop the accidents.

State opposition transport spokesman BARRY O'FARRELL says the derailment of a goods
train west of Sydney today highlights a lack of urgency by the government in dealing with
the crisis in its rail network.

The derailment at St Marys is the second in 13 hours and another incident in a long
line of rail mishaps.

In the derailment, the front locomotive of a train carrying sandstone from White Bay
to St Marys jumped the …