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Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by pragmatist on Fri Feb 6 12:10:31 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by Broadway Lion on Fri Feb 6 11:42:33 2015. Many of us have theorized about the potential differences between under and over running styles of third rail, and whether or not welded continuous rail would have made a difference in this accident. It is also very possible that gasoline would have ignited from a metal to metal spark, or from any other available electrical arc caused in the crash. The discussion points may be worthwhile, but are perhaps premature, since we do not have confirmation that the source of ignition was arcing from the rail. Gasoline is not hard to ignite, it wouldn't take much of a spark. Of course, while we all suspect it, it is not official that it was a gasoline fire. |
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