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Re: Implications of ICE crash

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Implications of ICE crash
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 02:53:13 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <6l7t79$p3d$1@gruvel.une.edu.au>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

David Bromage wrote:

> Does anybody know what happens to the trailing power car if the train
> divides? Does the loss of the train pipe and MU line cut off power? What
> would happen if an XPT divided?

You would lose the MU cable and it would go back to idle.  You would also lose
the brake pipe, so it would go into emergency braking.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

References:
- Implications of ICE crash
  - From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)

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