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Posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Thu Aug 28 14:34:22 2008, in response to Re: Amtrak may Lengthen Acela Express Trainsets to ''Meet Demand'', posted by Deaks on Thu Aug 28 13:33:30 2008. I see, thanks for the info. Only one person died... After the accident, though.I wonder how well those cars are built, I read that American railcars are the most well built, due to the FRA's high standards. American railcars also seem to survive wrecks... But I guess it depends on the wreck. In the end, it is a shame that the switch malfunctioned, and it seems to be caused by lack of inspection or something. Plus, I think they should have a time limit on those switches, about ten to fifteen seconds or so(fast trains will pass faster than that) after the switch detects the train passing by...to prevent things like this from occuring. Such accidents occured in NYCTA as well, where an R46, I believe, the last car's rear was sent to diverge, and it was slammed against the tunnel supports, and it split in two. Guess those R46s aren't well built, but who knows. |
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