Does this mean our (Sydney) ‘light rail vehicles’ have a similar propensity to derail? I know they’re not particularly fond of fire engines! David Sent from my iPhone > On 19 Oct 2026, at 11:14 am, Mal Rowe <mal.rowe@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 19/10/2026 10:20, 'TP' via TramsDownUnder wrote: >> Is this recent or an oldie? >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLE1a4nOv7Q >> > Good coverage of the recovery operation. > > It happened last Thursday morning, 15th of October with a car heading north in Clarendon St East Melbourne hitting a city bound Citadis in Victoria Pde. > > Once again the propensity of the C1 to derail after a fairly minor collision is demonstrated. The limited body damage to both vehicles indicate that it was not a high speed collision. > > The large overhang at the front (pic attached) and fixed trucks make them very prone to derailment. > > Mal Rowe noting that one of the vehicles ran a red light. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TramsDownUnder" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tramsdownunder+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tramsdownunder/83f18f14-af4d-4bf7-8f00-236fb8e6eea9%40gmail.com. > <3022profile_7Jan2006.jpg>
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