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Winterblade73		#1 Posted : 29 July 2013 20:41:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/12/2010(UTC) Posts: 255 Location: San Diego CA		This is starting to become an unnerving trend..... http://news.sky.com/stor...sh-44-passengers-injured
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mike c		#2 Posted : 29 July 2013 20:44:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 8,229 Location: Montreal, QC		20min.ch and Blick.ch are reporting that two NPZ trainsets collided at a station on the line from Lausanne to Payernes in Canton Vaud. http://www.20min.ch/schw...---44-Verletzte-21462654 According to the report, there were 44 injured. The photos show one of the new Domino upgraded trainsets having collided with an older NPZ trainset composed of a RBDe 560, EWI coaches (B, AB) and matching Bt Pilot coach. Regards Mike C
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mike c		#3 Posted : 29 July 2013 20:48:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 8,229 Location: Montreal, QC		We must have been both typing the same story at the same time: https://www.marklin-user...n-Vaud--Switzerland.aspx Regards Mike C
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Winterblade73		#5 Posted : 29 July 2013 20:55:29(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/12/2010(UTC) Posts: 255 Location: San Diego CA		Mike, yours had more detail so I was able to post faster.
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mike c		#6 Posted : 30 July 2013 08:46:02(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 8,229 Location: Montreal, QC		It is now being reported that one of the two train drivers has died in the accident. Regards Mike C
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Goofy		#7 Posted : 30 July 2013 09:39:16(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 9,277		But how could they crashed togehter? Wasn´t both two lines empty? It seems that both trainset did crossed over tracks to same line.
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kbvrod		#8 Posted : 30 July 2013 17:40:22(UTC) Retweet
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mike c		#9 Posted : 30 July 2013 19:41:24(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 8,229 Location: Montreal, QC		It is suggested that the train that had been stopped in the station may have departed through a red signal and found itself on the same track as the incoming train from the other direction. Regards Mike C
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Winterblade73		#10 Posted : 30 July 2013 22:44:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/12/2010(UTC) Posts: 255 Location: San Diego CA		Drivers body found http://www.cnn.com/2013/...ion/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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BR01097		#11 Posted : 02 August 2013 05:16:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 17/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 228 Location: Denver, Colo. USA		Wasn't there an investigation into the routine running of red signals by engineers in this country just a week ago? Originally Posted by: mike c It is suggested that the train that had been stopped in the station may have departed through a red signal and found itself on the same track as the incoming train from the other direction. Regards Mike C
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