Yakada Yaka Sunday, 06 July 2014 08:59 AM

On a straight section of track. So the culprit seems to be the coach operated by the private company. These are refurbished and modified old Romanian coaches. A domestic try air conditioner is mounted on the under carriage. An heavy engine generator set powered the air conditioner. Time to the railway got rid of these death traps. There are more of those on the up country line.

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Calistus Jayatilleke Sunday, 06 July 2014 11:22 AM

No wonder when the whole country is in a derailed state. It is rather pathetic that the railways department is not even able to keep the compartments intact when running and in any other country the minister concerned would have tendered his resignation by now, considering the disastrous state of services under him.

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Flummoxed Sunday, 06 July 2014 03:50 PM

Bet the tourists in that carriage are more than upset!

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Fair Sunday, 06 July 2014 03:59 PM

Better not comment about the coach of private company without really knowing the technicalities involved. News items of a TV company gave account of eyewitnesses, and one person had taken photos of a track section where the brackets holding the rail to the sleepers rusted through. So the rails have come loose. It could have happened with any train.

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