Video uploaded in July last year from the cabin of a Sydney-to-Melbourne XPT train – travelling on the same route as last week's fatal derailment at Wallan – shows it jolting violently over 'dangerous' tracks | Zhope10
Mr Dunstan narrates the videos from the cabin as the train hits dips and "short twists" in the tracks near Wangaratta, forcing the train up and down and often-violently from side to side.
"While track condition does not appear to be the primary cause of derailment, the RTBU can confirm issues have been raised about the condition of the track across the state for many years, to the extent that our members have deemed the line North-East line the 'goat track'," she said., which first publicised Mr Dunstan's videos, reported in August that train drivers on the line had resorted to wearing protective vests to keep themselves safe in the rough sections.
A spokesman for the Australian Rail Track Corporation did not answer direct questions about the sections of track in the videos, but said it was their "key priority at all times" to run a safe network.
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