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Title: Train carriages fall into ravine in Switzerland Post by: BerkshireBugsy on August 13, 2014, 14:08:08 Just been posted on sky news
http://news.sky.com/story/1318028/derailed-train-carriages-plunge-into-ravine Title: Re: Train carriages fall into ravine in Switzerland Post by: Pb_devon on August 13, 2014, 17:20:28 And some more dramatic images here... http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/Sind-noch-Personen-im-abgestuerzten-Waggon--18005231
(All in German, but the pictures tell it all) All pax accounted for, with 5 seriouly injured. Title: Re: Train carriages fall into ravine in Switzerland Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 13, 2014, 17:37:54 It does indeed seem quite remarkable that there were no fatalities, and so relatively few serious injuries, in view of the scale of that derailment. Best wishes to all of those injured for a swift recovery.
The Swiss do seem to have some smart kit available to them, to help deal with any such incidents - for example: (http://liveticker.20min-tv.ch/livepage/images/ticker_img-fuAsQUf5SZeiWyOV3Rd_tQ.jpg) Title: Re: Train carriages fall into ravine in Switzerland Post by: Pb_devon on August 13, 2014, 18:31:09 Indeed they do, Chris. A couple of years ago I had a tour of the Lotschberg Base Tunnel emergency train based at Frutigen, and it was impressive stuff.
Title: Re: Train carriages fall into ravine in Switzerland Post by: trainer on August 13, 2014, 22:46:29 It's very good to know that there were no fatalities and we all hope the injured will fully recover quickly and the crew cope with the shock. Wonderful rescue service personnel as well as equipment.
Normally, I would expect the Swiss to have the trains running normally by tomorrow night, but allowing for the ravine and the weather I expect it will take until Friday! ;D Title: Re: Train carriages fall into ravine in Switzerland Post by: ChrisB on August 14, 2014, 10:36:50 Two more photos here
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