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Tonnes of Concrete: How a Bridge Fell in Fifteen Seconds
Tonnes of Concrete: How a Bridge Fell in Fifteen Seconds
A five-hundred-and-seventy-tonne bridge crushed a crowded commuter train in just fifteen seconds, and a portable generator was flattened "like butter" - a detail that survivors and records repeat. How did decades of maintenance decisions, altered road levels and converted wooden carriages combine to turn an ordinary Tuesday morning into the deadliest rail accident in Australian history?
In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events on the morning of 18 January 1977, from the weakened track fastenings and added concrete that nearly…
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