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Subject: Re: Train Accident in Blue Mountains
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 01:23:14 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

Rod compares V sets with Melbourne ComEngs and writes:

> exactly my thoughts. I have never let a knocked beer glass hit the ground,
> my reflexes are that good that I can continue drinking the contents, but I
> would never have been able to squeeze out from behind the desk of a
> Melbourne Comenge, find my keys

No keys necessary to exit a V set in an emergency.

> and open the door and run 30 feet into a
> crowded car, against the gravity of a full emergency brake application!!!

V set emergency brakes are, well, ho-hum.


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

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