The Worst Accident of Australia's 3801 🚂 The Cowan Rail Disaster 🚂 History in the Dark

3801 is a herald of Australian steam locomotive design. She's possibly the most famous locomotive of the land down under, and continues to run excursion services to this very day. But on May 6th, 1990, her otherwise spotless record would be tarnished by what became known as the Cowan Rail Disaster.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3801
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowan_r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSW_Tra...

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