Collision between an xpt passenger train and a track-mounted excavator near Newbridge, New South Wales
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- Figure 2: Worksite layout 270.500 km post Point of impact
- Cut lengths of rail for collection Long lengths of reclaimed rail Direction of travel for XPT passenger train
- Figure 3: Komatsu excavator
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Wards River Geoscience Australia. Crown Copyright ©. Newbridge incident - 5 May 2010The work planned for Newbridge on 5 May 2010 comprised reclamation of used rail. The work was to be undertaken at the 270.512 km mark and included cutting the reclaimed rail into manageable lengths with oxyacetylene equipment and then transferring the sections from the north side of the track to the south side of the track (Figure 2) for collection and removal by truck. Figure 2: Worksite layout 270.500 km post Point of impact  
Cut lengths of rail for collection Long lengths of reclaimed rail Direction of travel for XPT passenger train The work group for this task consisted of a Protection Officer (PO), a ‘hot-work’ labourer (an employee qualified for cutting rail using oxyacetylene equipment) and an excavator operator. The hot-work labourer was to be responsible for cutting the long rail lengths while the excavator operator worked a track-mounted excavator and transferred the cut sections to the south side of the track. While the cut and un-cut rail lengths were located outside the ‘danger zone’10, the hot-work labourer and excavator would need to occupy the danger zone while the work was undertaken. T Figure 3: Komatsu excavator 
he excavator, a Komatsu PC40MR-2 (similar to Figure 3), was used to transfer the cut rail lengths to the south side of the track for collection and removal. The excavator had an operating weight of 4.79 t and was fitted with small, hydraulically retractable rail wheels enabling it to mount and operate on the track when required. The (rated) maximum speed of the excavator while on track was 4.6 km/h. The excavator had been parked on the north side of the track (right-hand side of the track in the direction of travel of train WT27), having been left there from previous work. At the completion of the task it was intended to transfer the excavator back to the Bathurst depot by the truck that was being utilised at the worksite. Directory: media media -> Applications to Drill media -> Unicef voices of Youth Chat Theme: Children and aids nigeria and Zimbabwe 13 October 2006 Background media -> Tsunami Terror Alert: Voices of Youth media -> Biblical Eschatology Presentation by: D. Paul Beck May 4, 2016 Ground Rules media -> Guide to completing the collection using the Omnibus system media -> The milk carton kids media -> Events Date and Location media -> The Gilded Age: The First Generation of Historians by H. Wayne Morgan University of Oklahoma, April 18, 1997 media -> Analysis of Law in the United Kingdom pertaining to Cross-Border Disaster Relief Prepared by: For the 30 June 2010 Foreword media -> Cuba fieldcourse 2010 Download 7.64 Mb. Share with your friends:
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