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Etrump

November 23, 2017 05:40PM

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Speed of the two trains were estimated at 15 and 18 mph...closing speed of 33 mph.. plenty to do considerable damage. Knocked off steam pipes etc made it very bad,no doubt. Neither saw the other until just a few tens of feet remained before impact. No time to stop or even slow down much. Poor guys on the 169 didn't have a chance.

Not sure how the train order No. 24 could have been worded a bit different to avoid being miss-read by the crew of 411, and Opr Lively at Cumbres didn't catch it either.
Bad deal all around.

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Rent-a-Wreck	davidtltc	November 22, 2017 10:47PM
Re: Rent-a-Wreck	bcp	November 22, 2017 11:14PM
Re: ICC report 1922 2 dead/ 19 injured at Toltec	rod	November 22, 2017 11:29PM
169	davidtltc	November 22, 2017 11:36PM
Re: 169	Earl	November 23, 2017 09:17AM
Re: 169 and collison with 411	rod	November 23, 2017 09:42AM
Re: 169	vulturenest	November 23, 2017 11:56AM
Re: 169	Brian Norden	November 23, 2017 02:01PM
Re: Rent-a-Wreck Steam Dome Damage?	RDannemann	November 23, 2017 09:56AM
Re: Rent-a-Wreck Steam Dome Damage?	Etrump	November 23, 2017 05:40PM
Re: Rent-a-Wreck Steam Dome Damage?	rod	November 23, 2017 06:09PM
Re: Rent-a-Wreck Steam Dome Damage?	SR_Krause	November 23, 2017 08:03PM
Re: Rent-a-Wreck Steam Dome Damage?	davegrandt	November 24, 2017 11:39AM
Re: Rent-a-Wreck	rdamurphy	November 23, 2017 11:36PM

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