that's horrifying. awesome (in the original definition).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFe0846RgWc

(my second father was a locomotive engineer.)

b.w.


"Robert Swinney" wrote in message
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Amazing video! Only a RR person would appreciate this; but the final
scene was of the broken-off
rear part of the train which continued down the track to collide with the
front half. Normally,
when a train breaks in two like that one, automatic air brakes are applied
to both portions.
Theoretically, both halves should come to full "emergency stop" to prevent
a reconnect disaster like
that one.

Bob Swinney