Footage taken from a train driver's rocking cabin shows the precarious ride on the Sydney to Melbourne XPT route near where two people died after a train derailment last week. 9News
Footage taken from a train driver's rocking cabin shows the precarious ride on the Sydney to Melbourne XPT route near where two people died after a train derailment last week.
The videos show the train rocking and twisting along sections of the track. In one, the shaking was so violent, it appeared to make standing in the cabin extremely difficult as the train tips from side to side.
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