 On 25 April 1890 an Up mixed train, after shunting at Kelso, climbed the 1 in 50 grade to Raglan where it again stopped to unload parcels as well as pick and set down passengers.The drawbar between the third and fourth vehicles broke, releasing the bulk of the train which commenced to run back down the hill, there being no continuous air-brake throughout the train.The runaway vehicles ran all the way down the grade, across the Macquarie River Railway Bridge and into Bathurst yard where they collided with the following goods train.