Just yesterday, an email came my way referring me to to the Rail Motor Society's webpage wherein were some technical files on various railcars including the Budd cars used mainly in the Illawarra. I understand that after the Budd cars were in a derailment at Erskineville in 1983, that the decision was taken to de-motor them and use them as locomotive hauled stock - of which I had plenty of experience of - but that is another story.
What I would like to ask here is what actually happened at Erskineville and why was it that the Budd cars were de-motored subsequent to that derailment? Can anyone recall the detail?
Thank you for considering.