scary footage of a real train crash (zero fatalities, zero severe injuries)
the Dutch train system isn't having a good few days: first a train plowed into an ambulance (zero fatalities, somehow) and now a kilometer of track is ruined by several tons of fresh pear jam. (also zero fatalities, somehow)
scary footage of a real train crash (zero fatalities, zero severe injuries)
Does this train seem to move at a speed typical for that line? I'm kinda surprised that it seems not to have been notified by the signal before the crossing that the crossing is not closed properly (it wasn't closed properly at any point, because the barriers got broken off -- which is usually sensed -- essentially immediately).
re: scary footage of a real train crash (zero fatalities, zero severe injuries)
@robryk I'm pretty sure the emergency brake was already applied, if that's what you're asking.
re: scary footage of a real train crash (zero fatalities, zero severe injuries)
@0xabad1dea I agree that it seems to have been applied all the time the train was visible. I wonder how much earlier it got applied: only when the crossing got into view, or significantly earlier at some sort of pre-crossing signal (not a block signal, but a crossing status signal -- I'm not sure if Netherlands has those though; for comparison, the signal in Poland looks like this: https://www.transportszynowy.pl/Kolej/sygnalizacjaprzejazdowe).
