On the night of 23 August 1963, a mail train led by a C38 locomotive collided with a goods train led by an AD60 locomotive. Geurie is located between Orange and Dubbo in New South Wales, Australia.
Events
The Sydney-bound Bourke Mail train, with 110 passengers, was steaming towards Geurie station. The locomotive was C38 Pacific steam engine, 3817. Standing in the loop, beside a grain silo, was a goods train, hauled by a Beyer-Garratt AD60 class locomotive 6003. It was refuged so as to cross the Mail train.
The length from the front of the Garratt locomotive to the driver's position contributed to a misjudgment of standing clear of the mainline. 3817 collided with the Garratt locomotive at an estimated speed of .