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Train in Spanish crash was 'travelling at double the speed limit'
The Telegraph ^
| 7/25/2013
| Fiona Govan
Posted on 07/25/2013 3:21:25 AM PDT by markomalley
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Paging Willie Green...
To: markomalley
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posted on
07/25/2013 3:27:57 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: markomalley
To: markomalley
I saw an article on this last night (nothing on FR, though it may be here), and that article listed recent train tragedies in Europe; amazing how many people have died on trains there in the last decade. And that doesn’t take into account train messes in places like India.
I first thought of Spain’s terror group, but this doesn’t seem to be that?
To: ican'tbelieveit
I first thought of Spains terror group, but this doesnt seem to be that? That would be the Basque separatists. The train seems to have derailed because it was going too fast.
I seem to recall that the Basques are very targeted when committing terror acts. They do not attack random people.
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posted on
07/25/2013 3:52:14 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
To: markomalley
The trains in Spain crash mainly on the plains
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posted on
07/25/2013 4:50:15 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: markomalley
I’ve ridden many times on Spanish trains. They are clean, comfortable and have remarkable on-time performance. I wonder if this train was running late and the driver felt compelled to speed up to arrive on time. Whatever the reason, this is horrifying.
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posted on
07/25/2013 5:18:27 AM PDT
by
jalisco555
("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
To: markomalley
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posted on
07/25/2013 5:27:02 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: markomalley
But it’s a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville
And from Lima it’s on a three mile grade
It was on that grade that he lost his air brakes
see what a jump he made
He was goin’ down the grade makin’ 90 miles an hour
When his whistle broke into a scream
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
A scalded to death by the steam
Then the telegram come to Washington station
and this is how it read
Oh that brave engineer that run old 97
he’s a layin’ in old Danville dead
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posted on
07/25/2013 5:36:49 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
To: markomalley
Yikes:
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posted on
07/25/2013 5:39:36 AM PDT
by
Wyatt's Torch
(I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
To: markomalley
Every kid who ever had a train set or slot cars knows this. Something went wrong with the controls or the driver.
They’re saying no terrorism, but why couldn’t it be?
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posted on
07/25/2013 5:41:26 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: markomalley
But one of the drivers has admitted that the train took the curve at a speed of around 190km per hour Trying to show off some of his Fernando Alonso moves?
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:01:34 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Sapere aude!)
To: cripplecreek
What an Asshole. This is terriable. :(
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:07:22 AM PDT
by
angcat
To: angcat
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:10:04 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: ican'tbelieveit
amazing how many people have died on trains Doubtful India would keep tallies of the number who died falling off trains. Yes, under there somewhere is a train.
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:15:09 AM PDT
by
bgill
(This reply was mined before it was posted.)
To: markomalley
"The driver of the train made a panicked phone call moments before the crash saying that the train was going too fast.
"I'm at 190 (kmph) and I'm going to derail!" the engine driver told the controllers of RENFE, the rail network.
Two men were at the controls of the train at the time, and it was not clear who had made the call."
Huh?!
To: ican'tbelieveit
I have a friend from Europe who thought America was foolish for not investing heavily in rail transportation. Then she came here and found out that America is too big to move everyone where they want to go by train. However she does say that a lot of places in Europe are effectively off limits to people who don’t own or rent a car.
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:17:08 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: jaydubya2
“Casey Jones you’d better watch your speed.”
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:19:04 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
A simple lesson in physics would suffice.
To: exDemMom
Don’t forget the Al Qaida attack on the trains in Spain which got blamed on the Basques. The voters responded by electing a socialist government.
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posted on
07/25/2013 6:57:22 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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