Re: Implications of ICE crash

[telljb@ozemail.com.au (Tell)]

Bill <wguest@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>Another aspect that surprises me is that the bridge apparently collapsed so
>easily. There were many postings on the Granville accident recently, so I know it
>is still widely remembered. I thought railway civil engineers everywhere
>recognised, as a result of Granville, that central overbridge piers alongside
>high speed tracks should be "hardened" or protected to reduce the likelihood of
>collapse if struck by derailed trains.


There was an item on the news tonight with diagrams
that suggested the front of the fourth coach actually
speared into the bridge underside because it had been
elevated.  
Perhaps a dislodged bogie due to a wheel failure.?

----Tell
Alice Springs NT