near Gunnedah. Glenbrook, 1976 On 16 January 1976, one man died and ten others were badly injured when a heavily laden goods train ploughed into the rear of a four-car passenger train 500 metres short of Glenbrook station. Granville railway disaster, 1977 On 18 January 1977, electric locomotive 4620, while hauling an 8-car train travelling from the Blue Mountains to Sydney, derailed at Granville, hitting a row of supports of an overhead road bridge, causing the bridge to collapse on to two passenger cars of the derailed train. 83 people died and more than 200 were badly injured in this, Australia's worst-ever railway disaster. Burbong, 1979 On 21 March 1979, a woman was killed and her son injured in a level-crossing accident near Queanbeyan. Valley Heights train collision, 1982 On 18 July 1982, there was a collision between a moving empty wheat train and the previous empty coal train which was stationary at Valley Heights station. The collision took place in the early hours around 2 am. There was a risk of explosion from the leakage of gas from two cylinders in the brake van. The driver of the wheat train was killed. The guard of the coal train was only slightly injured, even though the brake van in which he was travelling was reduced to splinters. South Windsor, 1984 On 13 February 1984, a train driver was killed when a train hit a semi-trailer. The train's guard was seriously injured. Cowan, 1984 On 28 April 1984, the driver of a suburban train was crushed to death when it ploughed into the rear of a goods train 1 km from Cowan station. Four passengers were injured. Between Bell and Hartley Vale stations, 1987 On 25 May 1987, one worker was killed when a Sydney bound freight freight train collided with an excavator. Springwood, 1987 On 15 August 1987, two workers were killed and one worker and one passenger injured when a passenger train collided with a mobile crane on the down main track 500 m east of Springwood station. Wentworthville train derailment, 1989 On 27 December 1989, an eight car Tangara electric passenger train travelling west to Emu Plains became derailed just to the east of the station. Three of the eight carriages derailed, the rear car D6127 being destroyed by the impact with the platform and another, N5127 being condemned some months later. It was CityRail's first major Tangara