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Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Feb 5 19:20:41 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Feb 5 17:27:44 2015. "It will be interesting to see what the NTSB report turns up..."Yes indeed. Even if the entire interior was completely constructed of fireproof materials (fire retardant required, big different from fireproof), you have to take into account that all the passengers were wearing heavy winter clothing & many carrying plastic laden laptops in leatherette carriers. Regardless of their surroundings, 20-40 gallons of flaming gasoline being propelled thru the interior of the car from the force of impact would have made instant casualties of anyone comming in contact with it. But what I want to know is how that third rail got uprooted & propelled thru the body of the train.If continous welded third rail was in place at the site, would have that kept it from piercing the train? |
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