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Title: Fire Extinguisher thrown from train Post by: plymothian on July 03, 2011, 15:11:31 Unfortunately the paper's online version is beyond a paywall, but today's Plymouth Sunday Independent ran a front page story about a fire extinguisher thrown from a train, smashing a HST cab window.
(http://subscriber.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/subscribe.aspx?source=4&eid=4df9e1c4-e0a2-4841-bd50-24456da298fc you can see a thumbnail of the story here) Edit: full story http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Probe-extinguisher-thrown-train-window-Reckless/story-12861445-detail/story.html Title: Re: Fire Extinguisher thrown from train Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on July 03, 2011, 16:53:12 the windows must be very strong ! if the info provided is accurate and the trains were both traveling at around 100mph each the combined speed of 200 would make for quite an impact!
Title: Re: Fire Extinguisher thrown from train Post by: chrisoates on July 03, 2011, 23:59:05 the windows must be very strong ! if the info provided is accurate and the trains were both traveling at around 100mph each the combined speed of 200 would make for quite an impact! Double skinned apparently. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |