On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:37:39 -0500, msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
wrote:
>Tom P.:
>>>> A train has dozens of wheels and axles. If just one of these breaks at
>>>> high speed, you're dead.
>
>Keith Willshaw:
>>> Nope, in most cases what happens is the train limps into the next
>>> station
>
>Dave Hatunen:
>> Unfortuantely, history makes tthat an optimistic appraisal:
>>
>> Eschede disaster
>>
>> The ICE accident near Eschede that happened on 3 June 1998 ...
>
>Unclear on the concept of "in most cases"? Keith was right. The
>Eschede disaster occurred not only because a badly designed wheel
>came apart, but also because of some seriously bad luck as to *where*
>it happened.
Where it happened was on a high speed train; I doubt that a train
travelling below 100kph would have had such a catastrophe.
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