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You don't have to go back to ancient times to see the dangers of exceeding dynamic braking power. Here's a tragic relatively recent accident. http://en.wikipedi
by PhantomGremlin 12y ago
You don't have to go back to ancient times to see the dangers of exceeding dynamic braking power. Here's a tragic relatively recent accident.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_train_disaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_train_disaster
- aianus 12y ago"As a result of this and other runaway incidents involving locomotives with dynamic braking, the Federal Railroad Administration reversed its mandate that dynamic braking be disabled when train brakes are placed in emergency. The mandate now is that they must all remain functional." What was the original rationale behind the emergency brakes disabling the dynamic braking?
- anigbrowl 12y agoI know, I just wanted an excuse to post the Montparnasse photograph again. There was actually an air-brake related derailment in Canada just last January on a train carrying crude oil, though luckily without major loss of life this time. I was surprised to learn that electronically-activated braking systems aren't the norm.