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Re: Air bags for trains [link]
Author: Tom H
Date: 12-23-2009 - 10:54

One problem is that an airbag in an automobile inflates in a direction opposite the direction of travel. An airbag on a locomotive would have to inflate in the same direction as it is travelling and that would just increase the impact velocity, not reduce it.

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  Air bags for trains [link] OPRRMS 12-23-2009 - 08:13
  Re: Air bags for trains [link] Matt Farnsworth 12-23-2009 - 09:02
  Re: Air bags for trains [link] Skip from Palo Alto 12-23-2009 - 09:11
  Re: Air bags for trains [link] Tom H 12-23-2009 - 10:54
  Re: Air bags for trains [link] BigDogsTX 12-23-2009 - 23:28


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