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Spanish train crash captured on video - Speedy - 07-25-2013
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540/vp/52574366#52574366
Going too fast.
Re: Spanish train crash captured on video - mikebw - 07-25-2013
Seems strange how it wasn't the engine that went off first, although maybe that is the locomotive equivalent of fishtailing?
Re: Spanish train crash captured on video - DeusxMac - 07-25-2013
mikebw wrote:
Seems strange how it wasn't the engine that went off first, although maybe that is the locomotive equivalent of fishtailing?
Engine would be heavier; perhaps lower center of gravity, and thus less likely to tip critically going too-fast around corner.
Re: Spanish train crash captured on video - cbelt3 - 07-25-2013
Dios Mio ! All those poor people...
Re: Spanish train crash captured on video - space-time - 07-25-2013
it looks like there is virtually no banking in that curve. I would expect some banking on a tight curve like that on a high speed line
Re: Spanish train crash captured on video - OWC Jamie - 07-25-2013
space-time wrote:50mph speed limit supposedly, as it is a shared track and not a high speed section of track.
it looks like there is virtually no banking in that curve. I would expect some banking on a tight curve like that on a high speed line