[modeleng] Re: Train wreck

Modern trains- I imagine Virgin was running BR Mark 3 coaches? These  
tend to scatter along the right of way rather than telescope into each  
other.  That train was going 95mph and none of the coaches crumpled,  
remarkable, really.  BR Mark 2s, and definitely 1s would have resulted  
in huge fatalities... Harrow '52 was a mess with all those Mark 1s.   
Even that crash at Selby in Yorkshire in '01 killed 'only' 10 after  
being hit head-on by a coal train.  Yikes!  A coal train!    Recent  
wrecks here in the States too like the Auto Train crash in Fla in '02  
seem limited to single digit fatalities.  Too bad plane crashes don't  
work that way... But then dumb luck must play a role, too, like in that  
horrible 1998 wreck in Eschede, Germany. That was a bad one.
Now I've thoroughly depressed myself...
Bede in not-so-balmy Brooklyn

On Feb 24, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Shep wrote:

> Thanks Allen
>
> Miraculously there was only one fatality.
>
> The main line from London to Glasgow will be out of action for at  
> least a
> week, while they retrieve the wreck and try to find the cause of the
> tragedy.
> At the moment a set of points is suspect.   The train was travelling at
> 100mph.
>
> Greetings from Hubert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "modeleng" <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:15 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Train wreck
>
>
>> Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those involved
>> in the train wreck of the Virgin line.
>>
>> Al Messer
>>
>>
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