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A train derailing onto another track would be a hell of a derailment Take this incident for example https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-68466494 https
by corobo 2y ago
A train derailing onto another track would be a hell of a derailment
Take this incident for example https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-68466494 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-68466494
Imagine that then resulted in "the following train then slammed into the derailed train, having been unable to stop in time"
- rjmunro 2y agoIt happened at the Clapham Junction rail crash in 1988: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-46509473 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-46509473 A total of 3 trains were involved.
- corobo 2y agoOh wow, I was 6 months old when that happened. (36y/o now) Pretty decent track record if that's the most recent example! Upping the ante: how much worse would that have been if there were trains following closer than braking distance in both directions. Special note that the train derailed so severely in this incident after colliding with a train stopped in front of it. I'm even less of a fan of OP's "braking distance shmaking distance" proposal with this example of why it's a bad idea!