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Safest Place to Sit on a Train

General discussion of passenger rail systems not otherwise covered in the specific forums in this category, including high speed rail.

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Re: Safest Place to Sit on a Train

  by Ocala Mike
 
Still within the lifetime of some of us here, the LIRR wreck of 11/22/50 in Richmond Hill (Kew Gardens) stands out as a tragic example of telescoping. Read about it here:

http://www.richmondhillhistory.org/LIRRcrash.html

Re: Safest Place to Sit on a Train

  by UPRR engineer
 
Cant see this as having anything to do with RR Ops. Moved to a Passenger Train Forum

Re: Safest Place to Sit on a Train

  by jersey_emt
 
hi55us wrote:
AEM7AC920 wrote:Ok and what if the train is rear ended by another train??
That would be odd...
Why would it be odd?
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