Re: Train Articles

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote in message
<6l4vrl$e44$2@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>...
>: On another (related) matter, you mentioned that above 200km/h, you need
>: specially built, high-speed lines - this was borne out in Germany this
>: morning, when the ICE train crashed into a bridge abutment, killing over
120
>: people - all high-speed lines I have seen have bridge abutments a good
>: distance from the track - since this was on one of the "classic" lines,
the
>: abutment was fairly close to the train.
>
>Wasn't it a car on the tracks?
>
Yes, the train hit a car on the tracks and then crashed into a road
overbridge.
Regards,
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Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au