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Re: **Breaking News** - Metrolink Train collides with freight train |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Sep 13 16:56:19 2008, in response to Re: **Breaking News** - Metrolink Train collides with freight train, posted by trainsarefun on Sat Sep 13 16:44:28 2008. Agreed, but my thoughts extend way beyond this particular wreck with respect to the cars. A more common occurrance on "mixed railroads" is "load shift" causing a sideswipe on adjacent tracks. NYCRR went out of their way to align their Empire corridor tracks to put passenger service on two tracks, frieght on the other two tracks with left and right hand running so that a pax train and a freight train on adjacent trackage would be going in the same direction to minimize the risk. So in this case, my own thought processes are going completely elsewhere. |
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