THROWBACKTHISDAY; Glenbrook rail accident: two trains collide near Sydney, New South Wales.

                       

 

The Glenbrook rail accident occurred on 2 December 1999 at 8:22 am on a curve east of Glenbrook railway station on the CityRail network between Glenbrook and Lapstone, in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Seven passengers were killed and 51 passengers were taken to hospital with injuries when a CityRail electric interurban train collided with the rear wagon of the long-haul Perth-to-Sydney Indian Pacific.

THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 16 years and TBT Blog remembers.