This is the story of the 2003 Broadmeadows runway, where a Melbourne suburban train rolled 16.8km from Broadmeadows to Spencer Street with nobody onboard, ending in a major collision. This video is based on information contained in the official report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which you can download here: https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...

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Script, narration, diagrams, photographs (except where noted) and video are all by Martin Bennet.
The gradient diagram is scanned from the 1927 Victorian Railways Grades book. The network map is scanned from an old issue of Melway.

This video contains several scenes created in Open Rails - the open source version of Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS). These scenes, including the train used, were modeled and produced by Alexander Jamieson. Check out his channel here: @melbournesparks3828

My voiceover was recorded with the equipment and expertise of my brother Cian, who is also the voice of Metrol in this video. Check out his music here: https://hyperfollow.com/cianbennetmusic

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - A quiet evening at Broadmeadows
03:09 - The fateful bathroom visit / Off we go!
04:40 - A bit more context
06:35 - That's a big hill
09:21 - ..what are we going to do with it?
10:21 - No.1 Box gets a phone call
12:03 - The near miss at North Melbourne
13:58 - It's coming! / The Trolley Problem comes to life
14:42 - The Big Bang
17:35 - It's not supposed to look like that
18:39 - ATSB makes some findings
19:46 - 20 years instead of 11 minutes
21:19 - So, where are they now?
22:20 - The other runaways / Some enormous bouncy buffers
23:05 - A final final note
23:21 - That's it

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