[PRCo] Re: The Rest of the World -Electric Rails - Britain

[Fred Schneider]

There is no perfect world?   But remember that slamming into the end of a car that didn't crumple isn't perfect either?

The ideal design is a car that crumples.


On Mar 9, 2011, at 7:21 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:

> Mr.Schneider;  Did you forget these?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odZfe9XKZS8&feature=fvsr
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiaaMrkBxvo
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqqbAHQo_0
> On June 29, 1995, a severe train crash 
> happened in Northern Germany: 
> passenger train crashed into a standing 
> freight train at full speed (120  km/h) near
> Horst in Schleswig-Holstein. 
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c_FaswfOe4
> The Eschede train disaster was the
> world's deadliest high-speed train  accident.
> It occurred on 3 June 1998, near the
> village of Eschede in the  Celle district
> of Lower Saxony, Germany. The toll of
> 101 dead and 88  injured surpassed
> the 1971 Dahlerau train disaster as the
> deadliest  accident in the history of the
> Federal Republic of Germany.
> 
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VgP4qJrCWw
> 
> Interesting:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnWzxwvXJDg&feature=related
> During World War 2 the United States Office
> of Strategic Services &  National Defence
> Research Committee performed a
> number of tests to  determine the most
> effective way to disrupt ememy railroad services.
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> Phil
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> ________________________________
> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 11:45:54 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: The Rest of the World -Electric Rails - Britain
> 
> Yes, Dwight, but not the buff strength issues.
> Isn't it amazing that in Germany, they can run
> freight trains and 180 mph passenger trains
> on the same tracks with urban streetcars
> because they put their emphasis on making
> sure things don't come together.
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