Re: Railroad Newsline for Monday, 02/26/07
Author: Tony Burzio
Date: 02-26-2007 - 06:24
Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin, said Saturday lives were probably spared because the train -- a new model introduced in 2003 - was "built like a tank." "If it had been any of the old trains the injuries and fatalities would have been horrendous," he said. [i][/i]
Interesting. Wasn't there a commotion complaining that the FRA was insisting that American high speed passenger trains be built with a much higher survivable impact force than European trains?