Australian coal rail corridor closed after train derailment
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Two freight trains collided in Queensland, Australia, on 29 January, causing an indefinite closure of the railway line between Rockhampton and Gladstone. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said that a freight train derailed and hit another coal train.
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“Causes unclear”, thus regrettably “business as usual”, revealing that quality programs at industry are not worth name!
Not sustainable, low price track standards, have turned high cost!
“Squats/studs”, cracks and broken rails, by far single most frequent cause of derailment – is not optimal!…
(Clients, ware owners, since long have shifted strategy to “On Demand” and “JIT”!)
Causes of disturbances, frequent mechanical repairing (“maintenance”)… simply shall be outed, from infrastructure!