Re: English Railway Accident

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

David Bennetts <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Whilst in agreement in principle with your comments on the relative safety
> of push-pull trains, they are by no means uncommon in other parts of the
> world.  At least in the case of the Intercity 225 trains, there is a
driving
> luggage van, so that passengers do not ride in the first carriage.  There
> are other trains in Britain which have a loco pushing at the rear, and
only
> have a driving compartment in the leading carriage conveying passengers.
> What about Japanese bullet trains which carry passengers in the first car?
> All railcars, such as Endeavours and Xplorers, Sprinters, Prospectors etc
> are in the same boat. Victoria is in the throes of replacing loco hauled
> trains with faster railcars.
>

My impression was that the comments were made purly in relation to propelled
trains, (DVT, carriages, loco/power car) not push pull trains (loco,
carriages, loco), in which case I agree a train like that is unstable, what
happens if the front derails and the rear keeps applying power?

Dave Malcolm


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