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Sounds Like The Air Bled Off
Author: Holly Gibson
Date: 04-24-2010 - 12:48

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The signalling system was temperamental and delayed this process by 45 minutes.

With a delay of that duration, being on mountain grade territory, and with old passenger equipment, some of which dating back to the 1920s***, it sounds like someone forgot to start tying handbrakes. Obviously, tying three of them after the train started moving was "too little, too late."

*** as a rule of thumb, old equipment seems to bleed the air off faster than newer equipment

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  Statement from Rovos Rail re; South African crash OPRRMS 04-24-2010 - 12:04
  Sounds Like The Air Bled Off Holly Gibson 04-24-2010 - 12:48
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  Re: Sounds Like The Air Bled Off Holly Gibson 04-24-2010 - 14:27
  Re: Sounds Like The Air Bled Off Mike Hawk 04-24-2010 - 14:57
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  Re: Sounds Like The Air Bled Off Michael Mahoney 04-24-2010 - 17:18
  Re: Sounds Like The Air Bled Off Mike Hawk 04-24-2010 - 17:34
  Re: Sounds Like The Air Bled Off Dr Zarkoff 04-24-2010 - 18:14
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