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Re: Train Accident in Blue Mountains

Subject: Re: Train Accident in Blue Mountains
From: "Greg " <gregg@ishrug.co.nz>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 07:23:01 +1300
Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.australia-nz
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"Don Allitt" <nahgfa@zeta.org.au> wrote in message
384E35B3.32401A9F@zeta.org.au">news:384E35B3.32401A9F@zeta.org.au...
> Well then what about when the emergency brakes come on there is an
automatic dumping
> of sand in front of the wheels or even reverese thrust thru the electric
motors.
> Don.
>
a train has no emergency brakes it simply has an emergency position of the
brake controller .. this simply applies the normal braking as quickly as
possible whilst laying sand etc to prevent wheel slip... reversing of TM
swould not assist because of the resultant wheel slip and the dmage to
motors would be huge ....

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