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Something rotten in Denmark. Where have ya heard that phrase? Shakespeare perhaps? King Lear maybe...Hamlet?

Anyway the railroads in the entire region generally have stellar safety records, so this one is odd, to say the least.

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/02/681567782/train-accident-kills-6-people-in-denmark

The Beeb (BBC) is on top of this as it happened:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsLeCN1U8Eo



-- Edited by Uke on Wednesday 2nd of January 2019 10:20:33 AM



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I wonder if they would ever try shipping beer by rail in America with nothing but a tarp protecting the shipment.


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Those look like TOFC. You'd be surprised if you started looking around, at how many of these new trailers are built. 

Many times the sidewalls of the trailer are thin and flimsy. They aren't load bearing, they just keep the load dry and

secure....(you cant see whats in there). Quite a few of them have a skeleton with tarp pulled tight between the frame.

 

Something like this happened down in pot yard years ago. The train hit a clearance detector and a passing train said 

to the trailertrain they had a trailer leaning. They were going to stop and they were instructed to keep going the Yard

Master would look it over when they came by. Well, they passed the YardMaster who (surprise) said nothing was wrong

and keep going don't tie up the railroad. Train goes up the road and the trailer leans over and hits an Amtrak train. No 

one got hurt, but the crew got fired. They told us as soon as a defector talks we should be ready to stop.

Pretty sure the crew got back, but don't remember any details.



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Death toll upped by two as investigation continues in Danish train accident.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46745652

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/03/681919745/death-toll-rises-as-new-details-emerge-in-danish-train-accident



-- Edited by Uke on Friday 4th of January 2019 09:09:31 PM

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