Re: Near miss at Victoria (London)

[jjjim <jjjim@bigpond.com>]

Yeah exactly . the trains still going to roll , and in the case of trains
that use the traction motors for Braking,  there would be now only air
brakes to tread on :/


David Johnson wrote:

> davep wrote:
>
> > Historical Note:
> >
> > When electrification was being 'sold' (100 years back...)
> > one of the benefits proposed was the ability to cut power to avoid
> > a collision.  It would be an interesting study to find out:
>
> I don't know about other systems, but for us, merely cutting the power
> doesn't stop the train.  It just prevents the train from powering.
>
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> David Johnson
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