[modeleng] Re: Train wreck

These new Virgin trains have Italian designed 'Pendolino' coaches, built in 
the UK.   They use a monocoque system of construction and have many safety 
features built in.   The pictures show the coaches spread out on a steep 
slope, but with no visible structural damage.    It would appear that this 
modern design has been a factor in keeping down the fatalities.

Greetings   Hubert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bede McCormack" <bede@xxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 4:57 AM
Subject: [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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