Mangled face of MRVC ACDC EMU crushed under the concrete slab. One can imagine the trauma underwent by the poor Motormna. Photo CopyrightS: DNA India. Photo may be deleted. (Vijay Aravamudhan)

Date: 2009-10-24
Owner: Vijay Aravamudhan
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Hmm. You seem to be right, Gowri sir.
Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2009 Oct 24 12:49:06 +0100
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My doubt is... if the slab has fallen before the train could pass, it would have snapped the OHE and the power would have been cutoff. The motorman would have sensed something wrong. I believe that the slab fell just a few fraction of seconds before the...
Posted by Gowri Sankar R on 2009 Oct 24 12:39:34 +0100
Yes, the train went and hit the slab which had already fallen. But articles in papers mention that the train, which was travelling at 40 kph could not stop short of the slab! I find this very surprising considering the powerful braking of MRVC rakes.
Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2009 Oct 24 10:33:33 +0100
Very true Binai, Even I am also concluding this only.. DNA mentions that Mman upon seeing a slab lying on the tracks, slammed on the brakes.. Going by that, our conclusion matches.
Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2009 Oct 24 08:30:27 +0100
It somehow looks that the train went and hit the slab, which might have fallen down just prior to the train reaching there. Perhaps, this caused the pipe-bridge to come down.
Posted by Binai Sankar on 2009 Oct 24 08:19:55 +0100
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