Day Of The Roses

The day of the roses - 1977 Granville Train Disaster On January 1977 Memoral

The day of the roses - 1977 Granville Train Disaster On January 1977, Locomotive 4620 left Mt Victoria in the Blue Mountains at 6. 09am heading towards the Sydney Terminal. As the Locomotive neared the Granville Terminal only 2km towards Sydney at 8. 12am the trains right hand wheel derailed, the driver applying the brakes instantly in an emergency application, however the train continued in its derailed state until it reached a set of facing points causing the train to derail completely and rolling onto its right hand side.

The first compartment had the roof ripped off by a damage catenary stanchion, however remained upright, the second compartment remained up-right and undamaged, the third and fourth compartments stopped under the bridge remaining upright. The Bold Street Bridge was supported by steel piers in the centre, in the trains violent derailed state demolished the piers.

However ten seconds later more tragedy was to happen, the 200 tone concrete bridge collapsed on top of the third and fourth compartments crushing passengers instantly, bringing down the cars that were crossing the bridge at this time. In result 83 men, women and children lost their lives and another 213 people sustained injuries.

For the next 48 hours until the last remaining person was removed from the train, men and women risked their own lives in assisting those trapped and injured these men and women are the unsung heroes of this disaster.

Each person connected with this tragedy has a story, with the assistance and dedication of JOHN HENNESSEY some of these stories have been told, however many stories are still untold. If you know of someone connected with this tragedy and have an untold story please feel free to tell your story if you prefer to remain unnamed or wish it to be private please send us a message and JOHN HENNESSEY will get back to you as soon as he can.

Please support JOHN HENNESSEY, the survivors and unsung heroes in remembering the lost souls of the Granville Train Disaster of 1977.

These names are of each of the 83 souls lost on this tragedy:

Names of the 83 people who lost their lives

Eric Ball
Henry Bent
Stephen Black
Anthony Brennan
Alda Brown
Margaret Brown
Cathy Cain
Mary Carr
Lynette Carter
Jeffrey Charlton
Jill Clayton
Amanda Clements
Ross Clements
Phillip Coburn
Peter Cormack
Halwyn Cranfield
Peter Cullen
Michael Douner
Margaret Dunn
Carl Dykman
Christopher Ellem
James Fisher
Suzanne Fripp
Alan Fulton
William Gemmell
Brain Gordon
Diane Gosden
Beryl Halverson
Rodney Henderson
Cheryl Hutchinson
Gareme Johnston
Stephen Jones
John Jones
Karen Keen
Bryan Knight
Marina Krzyszton
Angela Larkin
Rosemary Leech
Christopher Lopez
Michael Lyons
Kenneth Maes
Carolyne Maroney
Deborah Metcalf
Marjorie Miles
Walter Miles
Theresa Mincarelli
Leslie Mitchell
William Morris
Campbell Morris
Gladys Murphy
Darcy Murphy
Arette Naggar
Christopher Parsons
David Pearson
Josephine Peasron
Alexander Pedersen
Jan Post
Jill Power
Lynette Prior
John Quayle
Elvie Radford
Vivienne Radnedge
Marie Ricketts
Louise Sharp
Amir Simaan
Denald Simpson
Esther Smith
Julia Sollom
Robert Sollom
Kevin Spicer
Margaret Spinks
Graham Stewart
Lyndy Styles
Robert Solter
Robert Tarrant
John Veevers
Milton Walker
Suzanne Walker
Elizabeth Ward
Rosemary Ward
David Watts
Francis Williams
Teenie Williams