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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Mon Aug 11 22:00:38 2008, in response to Re: LIRR/NYCR MP54's, posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Mon Aug 11 21:37:46 2008. The Interstate Commerce Commission's report of Ex Parte #176, with regard to the November 1950 collision at Kew Gardens did not mention crashworthiness. Come to think of it, taking into account the speed of the vehicles involved (35+ MPH versus -0- MPH), I'm not sure that ANY kind of rolling stock could have survived it.Sometime in the late 80's or early 90s (might be 1989 or so) there was a rear-ender on MNRR involving two M-2s. One trainset was travelling in excess of 50 MPH, the other was stationary or travelling slowly. The lead unit of one train (#8840) struck the rear unit of the other train with such incredible violence that the car which was hit was smashed flat for more than half its length - the lead car leapt up and over it, winding up entangled in the catenary. It was indeed fortunate that no passengers were aboard either train - the damage to the one car was total - anybody in that part of the car would have been doomed - and the engineer of #8840 was killed in the crash when the floor beneath his feet simply fell out. M stock (MNRR and LIRR included) always impressed me with being somewhat less than crashworthy. Fortunately, the LIRR's safety record since the 1950 incidents has been pretty good - and the M's haven't had their acid test. But the MNRR accident got me to thinking - WHAT IF... wayne |
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