Comment by ThePowerOfFuet
5 hours ago
>Indeed last year some machinists had to derail a train to stop it from crashing other[2].
They were pulling it uphill with another unit, and the coupler broke so it rolled backwards and flipped at the curve.
5 hours ago
>Indeed last year some machinists had to derail a train to stop it from crashing other[2].
They were pulling it uphill with another unit, and the coupler broke so it rolled backwards and flipped at the curve.
Im what context it is normal to derail a train to avoid a crash with another one?
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-made/the-runaway-swiss-tr...
More often than you think.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_points
Especially when the train to be derailed is slow-moving or a freight train or runaway.
What course of action would you have suggested?
Not have to do it in the first place because of automated controls and fail-safes?
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