Re: English Railway Accident

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"RT" <r.thomas@cqu.edu.au> wrote in message
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| keith malcolm wrote:
| > Bill Bolton <billbolton@computer.org> wrote in message
| > > "KaMaK" <mckinnon@interact.net.au> wrote:
| > > > Generally the retardation capabilities of carriages are superior to
locos
| > >
| > > Really?  Why do you think this is so?
| > >
| >
| > Ask any driver. A light engine is virtually a runaway, most rolling
stock
| > has composite brake shoes, similar to brake pads in a car, acting on the
| > wheels while most locos have cast iron shoes acting on steel wheels, I'm
| > sure you can figure the rest out.
|
| EH!?   You telling me a loco can't lock its wheels with its brakes?

That's just the problem, they do, which of course causes it to lose most of
it's braking effect.


| If so, who the hell was responsible for the design?

Many people.