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Murulla Railway Accident
The Murulla rail accident involved the collision of the Central railway station, Sydney, Sydney-bound ''Northern Mail'' with runaway goods wagons near Murrurundi, New South Wales, in the Upper Hunter Valley on 13 September 1926; 26 persons died. A goods train had become divided and the attempts of the train crew to reunite the portions resulted in 12 vehicles running away down a steep gradient, and colliding with the approaching mail train. This was the worst accident on the New South Wales rail network until the Granville railway disaster in 1977. The events The signal box at Murulla controlled a loop line for trains to pass on a single-line railway; no other connections were at the location. Token (railway signalling)#Electric token, Electric Train Staff operated between Wingen, New South Wales, Wingen and Murulla and Token (railway signalling)#Electric token, Electric Tablet operated between Murulla and Blandford, New South Wales, Blandford. Train number 62, a southbound go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murulla, New South Wales
Murulla is a locality in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the New England Highway and Main North railway line. A now closed railway station which opened in 1872 was located there, no trace now remains. NSWrail.net, accessed 15 September 2009. It is the site of a serious railway accident
Classification of railway accidents, both in terms of cause and effect, is a valuable aid in studying rail (and other) accidents to help to prevent similar ones occurring in the future. Systematic investigation for over 150 years has led to the r ... that occurred in 1926.
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