Re: English Railway Accident

[RT <r.thomas@cqu.edu.au>]

keith malcolm wrote:
> 
> Bill Bolton <billbolton@computer.org> wrote in message
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> > "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?

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