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Runaway Train On The Tube
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, martin writes Something that I don't think had previously been released: The crew of the grinding unit, who had no means of re-applying the brake, jumped off the unit as it passed through Highgate station. That sounds a bit like the Rovos rail runaway near Pretoria on 21st April, where (some reports say) the crew encouraged passengers aboard to jump out, presumably while the speed was still modest. Sadly 3 people were killed and many injured, and 15 out of 19 carriages were damaged beyond repair. I find it even more extraordinary that on a long passenger train there was no way of applying the brakes from on board: on older stock on BR I seem to remember that if you pulled the communication cord it opened a hole in the brake pipe at the end of the carriage, which was robust, simple and effective under practically all circumstances. I don't know what happens on modern stock but it looks to me as if pushing the emergency button merely sounds an alarm in the drivers cab, which is by no means as satisfactory. -- Clive Page |
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