Re: English Railway Accident

["keith malcolm" <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au>]

Bill Bolton <billbolton@computer.org> wrote in message
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> "keith malcolm" <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Ask any driver. A light engine is virtually a runaway
>
> You seem to be assuming that the wheel brakes are the only braking
> system available on the locomtive, which in the case of most
> locomotives used for high speed operation is certainly NOT the case.
>


The original statement said locos took longer to stop than carriages,and
someone asked why. I was explaining why. I do realise that these days high
speed trains run disk brakes. This would probably bring the braking effect
of locos closer to that of carriages, if the bias was set up correctly.

Dave Malcolm


> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
>
> Bill Bolton
> Sydney, Australia