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Posted by Jace on Sat Feb 7 15:40:33 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by Joe V on Sat Feb 7 14:59:11 2015. Maybe it also helps to describe the design process. Cars are built to a spec that is developed by the railroad. In that spec there usually is an emergency brake rate that the carbuilder must meet. They don't question it, they just meet it. Sometimes the rate has to do with compatibility with other vehicles (passenger cars, locomotives) but other times it's set either by the engineering team or by the railroad. This whole discussion makes me wonder just how arbitrary that rate might be. I need to see justification. |
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