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Topic	Train derailment in Minnesota, contained ethanol. Town evacuations.
divot1338 03/30/23 11:41:01 AM #32:	Questionmarktarius posted... As trains get longer, there's more opportunity for something to break, and it makes a bigger mess when that happens. The gist of what he said was that it boils down to sheer tonnage. The longer the train the more weight it has onboard. Thus the harder it will be for the train to stop even with automatic braking systems. Its the equivalent of an 18 wheeler that needs more of a space cushion because of a heavy load. They got into some bad habits during covid when Fat Donnie didnt give a shit. If they put in some controls to either rein that in or enforce different speed regulations for them it should go back to prepandemic levels. --- Moustache twirling villian https://i.imgur.com/U3lt3H4.jpg- Kerbey <cite>divot1338 posted [p:972514944] in Train dera... [t:80396111]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>As trains get longer, there's more opportunity for something to break, and it makes a bigger mess when that happens.</quote>The gist of what he said was that it boils down to sheer tonnage. The longer the train the more weight it has onboard.Thus the harder it will be for the train to stop even with automatic braking systems. Its the equivalent of an 18 wheeler that needs more of a space cushion because of a heavy load.They got into some bad habits during covid when Fat Donnie didnt give a shit. If they put in some controls to either rein that in or enforce different speed regulations for them it should go back to prepandemic levels. --- Moustache twirling villianhttps://i.imgur.com/U3lt3H4.jpg- Kerbey</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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