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Old November 11th 04, 10:16 AM posted to misc.transport.rail.europe,uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Dangers of High Speed Trains Pushed from the Rear

Clive Coleman wrote:
In message , dwb
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econdly, the rear power car was NOT under the full power.
The train's 'black box recorder' that the power notch was at zero
and the brake handle was in 'emergency'. It was simply the inertia
of the rear power car (which had already derailed) that kept it
moving.

Do you KNOW that?


Um... I didn't write that.

ANyway, as David says, it's in the HSE report so I would guess it might be
true.


 
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