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In article <92240.145324P88037@BARILVM.BITNET> <P88037@BARILVM.BITNET> writes:
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>Hi!
[...]
>i also can recall an accident in my place in Russia, when mid-size truck
>was thrown 150 meters, and completely destroyed. the rear wheels (a pair
>of them) destroyed a taxi. The train was a express (moscow-bucharest),i
>think, and was going 60-70 mph!!! Poor truck driver was cut to small
>pieces, and train drivers wasvery badly injured.

In this general vein, I've seen is multiple sources descriptions of the sheer
destruction unleashed when a train hits a fuel truck of some sort, which
evidently in the earlier part of this century were fairly notorious among RR
employees for ignoring grade-crossing stop signs, running flashing crossing
signals, and the like.  As I recall, at least two sources mentioned that wisdom
among cab crew at the time was that it was safest _not_ to jump from the train,
but to stay in the cab and count on the sheer mass of the train to land the
engine and crew clear of the inevitable enormous fireball.  Seems to me that
this presumes the gasoline truck breaking in half, being thrown to the side, or
some such.  Does anyone else know anything about this?
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