Erie-Lackawanna wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:20 pm
Chances are you won’t fall out of your house at 60+ mph if one manages to open unintentionally.
Has this ever happened? We used to see EL run doors open in the Northeast for years. Still happens in Portugal - I must've closed 10 doors on the Douro Valley train last spring at 55mph (90kph?). I know it seems scary having a door open at speed, but the ultimate arbiter of what is safe and not safe is the historic numbers.
I've never heard of a person falling out of an errantly open vestibule door ever.
This is a giant kerfufle in Scotland as well right now. The Jacobite train, a beloved steam operation on mainline for the west highlands, has "slam door" cars. Network Rail recently ordered an outright ban on slam door cars because "Its not safe".
Well the numbers beg to differ. Right now I'd be more worried about grade crossing side strikes, which we know have happened and killed passengers, than open doors.
The new Acela: It's not Aveliable.