[Olog-hai]

I'm not buying the lightning-strike excuse. Lightning would hit the electrification instead of the train, and it would knock out power for at least 20 miles, never mind the signaling system putting the brakes on the train behind. Are they using semaphores on those high-speed lines??

[muawiyah]

Silly guy ~ they are using the clock on the wall.

The Chinese bullet trains, just like ol Casey Jones when he faced ol' number 9 on the same line!

Ceptin' Casey did it with a pocket watch ~

That's a Leadbelly song.

[Popman]

At least 11 people have died after two high-speed trains crashed into each other in China's eastern province of Zhejiang on Saturday

Wow, all the train passengers were killed / S

[DungeonMaster]

More soylent green for the hordes.

[DManA]

I was on that train earlier this month (or one just like it). At one point it hit 150 mph. Guess I’m a lucky guy.

[bert]

———Lightning would hit the electrification instead of the train-——

You obviously overlooked the salient fact in the event. The train is a very fast moving train, a bullet in fact, and it traveled into the striking lightning bolt. The train was thus hit rather than the intended electrification target.

[Paladin2]

Speed killz.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Publius6961]

The Chinese are experts at "copying" things, but they never get it quite right. Invariably, a "small" detail escapes them. They seem to be a culture focused on apppearance, rather than competent functionality.

I'll never forget the "bargain" set of binoculars I became curious to buy from a late night TV commercial. LOL!
The thing looked great, but they apparently forgot the most important last step.
Ever try to use binoculars which have never been collimated?? Must be a cultural thing.

[Wuli]

This opens the question: Is this part of a possibly growing quality control issue in China’s great and rapid infrastructure expansion?

It’s already been seen that these lines are unaffordable to the average Chinese, are frequently run at less than “high speed” - to save costs (related to the energy expenses for them), and now some volatile questions of quality.

Of, course this does not make the U.S. nightly news, lest the state-media harm the Obama hand-outs to the planners of such transportation scams in the U.S.