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Posted by Steamdriven on Fri Sep 30 09:33:21 2016, in response to Re: BREAKING: NJ TRANSIT Train Collides With Wall At Station In Hoboken, posted by Jersey Mike on Fri Sep 30 07:49:17 2016. I'm with Jersey Mike here. Make an over-run absorber out of a shipping container (there's 20 and 40 foot standard sizes) filled with non-combustible energy absorbing material. This can be done in-house and CHEAP. You could cut the container's height and panel the sides for appearance. To get fancy, you could make a gravel pit under the container.That dumb box can do more than you'd think. You can stop your rubber-tire car from 30mph within 30 feet, not including your reaction time. About half that rate of decel would halt a train from 20 mph in 20 feet. Standing px won't like it, but it beats hitting a rigid idiot-barrier. A full car-length absorber is easily made but excessive, imho. |
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