Put the tracks UNDER the road.
That way if the train can't make the curve it doesn't fall on top of the crowded roadway - it just runs off into the woods.
(my cut and paste is a little crude but you get the idea)
BEFORE AFTER
After the accident, I went to Google Earth and looked at that curve. I couldn’t believe that a line with two long straight high-speed sections, one on each side of the freeway, required trains to transit through two very tight turns in quick succession before continuing back to full speed. It’s a really stupid layout that was truly designed to fail.
According to what I have read anyway.....
Wonder how old the right of way is.
Put the tracks UNDER the road.
That way if the train can't make the curve it doesn't fall on top of the crowded roadway - it just runs off into the woods.
(my cut and paste is a little crude but you get the idea)
BEFORE AFTER