Re: X47 out and about

["Russell Norton" <russelln@primus.com.au>]

>As for the poor guys who were killed, if you saw the close up photos of
NR3,
>you would know that they wouldn't have survived, even if they had been in a
>Sherman Tank, the whole front was pushed back to the CA4 cabinet, (back
wall
>of the external entrance doorway.


The addition of a hood, or any other cab design, would have been irrelevant
in this tragic accident, as the abutment impacted with only the top half of
the cab (from windscreen upwards) whilst the loco was sliding on its side.

Regards,
Russ...