Victorian Railways A2 Class - Accidents

Accidents

Some A2 locomotives were unfortunate enough to be involved in major accidents:

• At 2:58am on 7 September 1951, the westbound and eastbound Overland expresses, both hauled by double-heading A2s, collided head-on at Serviceton. All four locomotives were written off; three were so badly damaged they were scrapped on site.

• Australia's worst level crossing accident occurred on 8 May 1943, when A2 863 collided with a bus carrying troops at Wodonga. 25 people were killed.