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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Dec 1 17:10:52 2013, in response to Re: Breaking News MNRR Derailment, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Dec 1 15:57:58 2013. While the train may have exceeded the MAS thru the area, it doesn't mean the train was speeding. It may have been brake failure which prevented the engineer from slowing down in time. Just north of this area thru Riverdale the MAS is 70 MPH and I've ridden the line enough to know that experienced engineers go as fast as allowed up to the very point they have to slow down.My gut sez that the brakes failed and the train was still going too fast to navigate the SD curve. |
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