Eastern Railroad Discussion > Commuter push-pull ops

ABC Primetime Live tonight at 10pm
Metrolink wreck discussed.

Well I just watched it, and it was very interesting. But what gets me, everything is Centered around 1 Railroad, but there is so many other Railroads that run the Push-Pull, and maybe they should interview the other Railroads.

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Ian
Windsor, Ontario
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And maybe state the odds of 1) any given commuter train derailing and 2) a derailed train striking not one but two others ... one of which was moving.

Anyone else notice how the out-the-cabcar-window footage was sped up, while the Surfliner slicing the semi-trailer was slowed down?

Seems to me a SUV is a smaller, stiffer target than a 48' foot trailer (which I don't think was fully loaded at the time of impact). The design of most modern vehicles have provision for side impacts ... can this also be said of trailers?

* JB *