Cairns tilt train derailment
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau and Queensland Transport Rail Safety Investigation Report QT1472 is now available to view online or download and print.
Please note that the following minor amendment to the report has been advised by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
This information will not require any change to the findings or recommendations contained in the final report and the remainder of the report remains unchanged.
Page four, fifth paragraph, second-last sentence be changed from:
Shortly after departing Berajondo, at about 2351 when passing through the first of a series of speed curve restrictions, the co-driver left his seat and entered the adjacent vestibule area to tidy up and make a 'brew' for the driver.
To read as follows:
After departing Berajondo, at about 2354 having passed through a series of eight curve restrictions, the co-driver left his seat and entered the adjacent vestibule area to tidy up and make a 'brew' for the driver.
Page 22, 2.8 Train Management, third paragraph, last three sentences to be changed from:
On clearing Berajondo, the co-driver left his seat and entered the adjacent vestibule area to make a 'brew' for the driver, this was three or four minutes before the derailment. He was in the adjacent vestibule when the train derailed. He was therefore not in a position to observe the speed boards at 415.663 km, 416.480 km, 417.783 km and the critical speed for 419.410 km and intervene as may have become necessary.
To read as follows:
After departing Berajondo, at about 2354 having passed through a series of eight curve speed restrictions, the co-driver left his seat and entered the adjacent vestibule area to tidy-up and make a 'brew' for the driver, this was approximately one minute before the derailment. He was in the adjacent vestibule when the train derailed and was not in a position to observe the train's speed as it approached the curve at 419.410 km and intervene as may have become necessary.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau and Queensland Transport Rail Safety Investigation Report QT1472 into the derailment of Cairns tilt train VCQ5 north of Berajondo on 15 November 2004.
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Also available is the
Interim rail investigation report into the derailment of Cairns Tilt Train VCQ5 North of Berajonda, Queensland on 15 November 2004 (PDF, 670 KB).
Also available in two parts:
