{"id":10794,"date":"2024-02-13T02:36:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=10794"},"modified":"2024-02-13T02:36:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:36:43","slug":"office-of-transport-safety-investigations-qube-freight-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=10794","title":{"rendered":"Office of Transport Safety Investigations: Qube freight train"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTSI<\/a>\u00a0was conducting this investigation under the Commonwealth\u00a0Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003\u00a0on behalf of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

As of 22 December 2023, the investigation into the derailment of Qube<\/a> freight train 5WB7 at Casino, NSW on 17 March 2022 has been discontinued.<\/p>\n

Report Findings<\/strong><\/p>\n

An axle in the rear part of train 5WB7 broke as the train entered Casino Yard, derailing the wagon.<\/p>\n

The rear four wagons derailed and became detached from the rest of the train. A further four wagons at the rear of the train were derailed after the train came to a stop. A significant amount of track and signal infrastructure was damaged within Casino yard, with no injuries recorded.<\/p>\n

The investigation concluded the derailment was due to a broken axle on the 55th wagon (RKPF30311). The metallurgical analysis of axle determined that the failure was due to a fatigue crack on the axle barrel.<\/p>\n

Discontinuation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Due to the nature of the failure and the work done by the operator to date, OTSI<\/a> and the ATSB<\/a> considered it was unlikely that further investigation would identify any systemic safety issues or further important safety lessons for the enhancement of transport safety.<\/p>\n

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OTSI\u00a0was conducting this investigation under the Commonwealth\u00a0Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003\u00a0on behalf of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).\u00a0 As of 22 December 2023, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,47,488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opinion","category-rail-news","category-railway-stations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t