DCM 8027
One of those ghastly shots back in the early days of experimenting with slides. Like many of these slides, this one has sat hidden in a box for a few decades, waiting for the time that their horrid nature was not as important as the subject in the image.
As is often the case, I just scanned this without really having a good look at the shot. I was able to make the number 8027 out, but didn't initially notice the damage to the skirt. Heck, I am not even sure where I took it, but do suspect it could be
Hope Street in Enfield (Sydney, NSW).
Thankfully, social media is full of some very knowledgeable people who can add a lot of extra information to all these old photos. One of these people is Mick McGinty, the keeper of all the spark info, and he had this to add.
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On 15th August 1987, DCM 8027 was leading an Interurban set to Katoomba when their was some minor work underway on the tracks under Macquarie Road overpass between Valley Heights and Springwood.
The set was held at Valley Heights for a while when a breakdown in communications resulted in the V set being authorised to depart for Springwood when it shouldn’t have. The end result was DCM 8027 collided with a pettibone tractor and killed two track workers.
The tractor became wedged under 8027 causing quite some structural damage. The car was rebuilt at Comeng and returned to service in 1989.
DCM 8027 now resides at NSW Police Academy at Goulburn.
Mick McGinty
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