1976 Glenbrook rail accident

This article is about the 1976 accident involving a 46 class locomotive. For the 1999 accident involving the Indian Pacific, see 1999 Glenbrook rail accident.
1976 Glenbrook rail accident
The inverted face of carriage DCF 8004, after the collision
Details
Date16 January 1976
LocationGlenbrook, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
LineBlue Mountains Line
OperatorPublic Transport Commission
Incident typeCollision
CauseBreakdown and signal failure leading to collision
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths1

On 16 January 1976, a New South Wales 46 locomotive collided with the rear carriage of a New South Wales V set commuter train at Glenbrook, killing one person onboard and injuring ten others. The collision occurred when the V set broke down and had transmitted a wrong-side signal, subsequently leading to the locomotive colliding with the train.

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