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Re: BREAKING: NJ TRANSIT Train Collides With Wall At Station In Hoboken |
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Posted by Steamdriven on Fri Sep 30 15:02:03 2016, in response to Re: BREAKING: NJ TRANSIT Train Collides With Wall At Station In Hoboken, posted by WillD on Fri Sep 30 13:39:51 2016. " Especially that bit about us having to shell out the big bucks for tank-like railcars, the money to keep those behemoths running..."Not that part, not in entirety anyway. What I meant was that the simple bumping block should be replaced by something that can absorb energy. For the trains, you have to look at the whole operating condition. Is it sharing track with freight trains? Are there public grade crossings? etc, etc. Bank vault vs beer can leaves out too much to be a useful argument, though beer can won't work here. In the US a train has to be at least stout enough to deal with a piece of heavy equipment on a low trailer stuck on a crossing. That's predictable issue, you know such crashes will happen. Off the cuff, p'haps a stout railcar with a short crush zone and each end can provide both some weight savings and as good as practical safety. As it stands, trains seem to find any excuse to flop on their sides, which always results in injuries, often in fatals. That Amtrak that got confused/whatever about an unprotected curve blew out some windows during its off-road expedition, resulting in people being macerated between the train and the gravel. Same thing at Spuyten Duyvil. |
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