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Two Sheltam C30-EMP Wrecked
Posted: 24 Sep 2012, 09:06
by John Ashworth
Sheltam 3016 and 3020, Beira Station 10/09/2012
Wrecked on the Beira Corridor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/youthwith/ ... otostream/
Re: Two Sheltam C30-EMP Wrecked
Posted: 25 Sep 2012, 21:26
by John Ashworth
On the [url=http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/sar-L/message/43869][color=#804000]sar-L[/color][/url], Les Bray wrote:These two locos were hauling a train, and rear-ended a stationery train which was not supposed to be there. The driver braked but, fortunately travelling slowly, still smashed into the stationery train at slow speed; both Shelltam locos derailed the front loco badly damaged, the rear one not quite so bad. These locos are still very new, and are awaiting insurance assessment. Sheltam would like to ship them back to P E for rebuilding depending on the insurance