NICE AMTK vs CAR

[A No.1]

Good one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNZO1Xti1E

[MDH]

Good one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNZO1Xti1E

In related videos, I rather like this staged train vs. school bus one:

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

That really dramatically shows differential effect of the impact!

Michael

[Buster Manning]

Some of my old stompin' grounds; train is # 20, lady was plastered, turned down the tracks instead of the road running parallel to tracks, car ended up wrapped around front of engine and of course, it caught on fire and damaged the lead unit. The territory is quite curvy here, so the engineer didn't have much notice, he got out ok and is doing fine the sorta crazy s.o.b.that he is

[AARR]

Did the train try to slow down before impact? It didn't seem like it

[MDH]

Did the train try to slow down before impact? It didn't seem like it

If he came 'round a curve, saw it, thought "WTF!!!!" and then threw it into emergency, it'd still probably look just like that. It takes a good while to break from full track speed even for Amtrak. Remember the one that nailed those kids in MI last year slid for the better part of a mile after hitting them before it finally stopped. Likewise with the time in Toledo when the Capitol hit a couple kids.

[AARR]

Did the train try to slow down before impact? It didn't seem like it

If he came 'round a curve, saw it, thought "WTF!!!!" and then threw it into emergency, it'd still probably look just like that. It takes a good while to break from full track speed even for Amtrak. Remember the one that nailed those kids in MI last year slid for the better part of a mile after hitting them before it finally stopped. Likewise with the time in Toledo when the Capitol hit a couple kids.

I guess I was expecting to see sparks and hear the grinding of metal on metal

[hoborich]

That chick could barely walk. Must have been ladies night at the bowling alley.