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Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by steamdriven on Tue Feb 10 22:26:42 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Feb 10 19:01:58 2015. Sliding train wheels would soon generate enough heat to soften (and likely enough to locally melt) the area in contact with the rail. That will not help your train stop, though it will generate overtime at the wheel truing shop +/or orders for new wheels. |
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