In 1977, a commuter train from the Blue Mountains, destined for Sydney central station would derail just before Granville Station, causing a bridge to collapse and crush many aboard. It remains Australia&#39;s worst ever rail disaster that was predicted by 11 engineering department heads just a year earlier. We look at how management decisions led to a completely avoidable disaster.With John Chidgey.This show is <a href="/blog/podcasting-2-0">Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced</a>
Links of Interest:
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_rail_disaster">Granville rail disaster</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Roses">The Day of the Roses</a></li>
<li><a href="https://researchdata.edu.au/public-transport-commission-south-wales/164640">Public Transport Commission of NSW</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.railpage.com.au/f-t3776.htm">Granville Train Disaster</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.expertsmind.com/questions/turnouts-30129611.aspx">Turnouts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nswtrains.fandom.com/wiki/CityRail">CityRail</a></li>
<li><a href="https://craighill.net/2021/01/18/january-18-1977-australias-worst-rail-disaster-occurs-at-granville-sydney-killing-83/">Australia’s worst rail disaster</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.granvilletraindisaster.org.au/notifications">The Granville Train Disaster Association</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=avg0ywEACAAJ&redir_esc=y">Revisiting the Granville Train Disaster of 1977: Barry Gobbe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-18/granville-train-disaster-40-year-anniversary-memorial/8190150">Remembering the Day of the Roses</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.railpage.com.au/news/s/granville-disaster-dodgy-wheel-was-covered-up">Wheel was covered up</a></li>
<li><a href="https://westernweekender.com.au/2022/01/45-years-since-granville-train-disaster-shook-the-nation/">45 years since Granville Train Disaster</a></li>
<li><a href="https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/disaster/land_transport/display/108056-granville-train-disaster-memorial-garden">Granville Train Disaster Memorial Garden</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38645976">The rail disaster that changed Australia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-04/granville-train-disaster-victims-finally-get-apology/8494010">Mixed response as NSW Government apologises for Australia&rsquo;s worst train disaster</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.railtram.com.au/granville-railway-disaster">Granville Railway Disaster</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-18/granville-train-disasters-forgotten-survivors-speak-out/8127282">Granville train disaster: victims speak out</a></li>
</ul>
Formal Investigation Extracts:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ORGANISATIONS1005549&context=L&vid=61SRA&lang=en_US&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,AGY-6087&sortby=rank&facet=rtype,include,AGENCY&offset=0">Formal Investigation State Records Authority</a></li>
<li><a href="https://primoa.library.unsw.edu.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay/UNSW_ALMA21120760100001731/UNSWC">Report on the formal investigation UNSW Alma</a></li>
<li><a href="https://researchdata.edu.au/formal-investigation-an-january-1977/167765">Formal Investigation extract: Research Data</a></li>
<li><a href="https://researchdata.edu.au/search#!/related_party_multi_id=167765/class=collection/collection_type=-type:software/sort=score%20desc/">Research Data Australia Search</a></li>
</ul>
Informal Investigations:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://railknowledgebank.com/Presto/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=Z3JhbnZpbGxl&so=eyJTZWFyY2hUZXh0IjoiWjNKaGJuWnBiR3hsIiwiQ29udHJvbElkIjoiYWR2U2NyZWVuQ29udHJvbElkXzE3ODg0IiwiT3B0aW9ucyI6W119">Permanent Way Institution Granville Search</a></li>
<li><a href="https://railknowledgebank.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=MTk4MTRjNDUtNWQ0My00OTBmLTllYWUtZWFjM2U2OTE0ZDY3&rID=NDMz&qrs=RmFsc2U=&q=Z3JhbnZpbGxl&ph=VHJ1ZQ==&bckToL=VHJ1ZQ==&rrtc=VHJ1ZQ==">Granville: The Untold Story</a></li>
<li><a href="https://cumberlandtimes.blogspot.com/2017/01/cumberland-rail-disasters-granville.html">The Granville Train Disaster</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sets.org.au/library/index.php?id=granville">The Granville Disaster</a></li>
</ul>
Video:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://actionablefuturist.com/2012/12/granville-rail-disaster-documentary/">Granville Train Disaster Documentary (Video)</a></li>
</ul>
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