Nine dead, 50 seriously injured after head-on train crash in Bavaria, Germany

kraznyi_oktjabr · 02-09-16, 05:32 PM

Gentlemen, you seem to be making assumption which is not necesssarily true. That is that there was signal displaying danger aspect. In early 2000s in Savonia Railway in Finland between Kouvola and Mikkeli (don't remember exact spot) was incident where two passengers trains travelling in opposite directions had routes set and protected into same single tracked block with all main and distant signals displaying Proceed and Expect Proceed aspects.

Disaster was avoided only because one of train drivers remembered that there was supposed to be passing at loop and he should have had route set into loop track. Therefore distant signal should have had Expect 35 (proceed at maximum speed of 35 km/h, points ahead are set for diverging route) aspect instead of Expect Proceed.

This isn't very unlike scenario but still possible.

02-09-16, 05:32 PM	#1
kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Gentlemen, you seem to be making assumption which is not necesssarily true. That is that there was signal displaying danger aspect. In early 2000s in Savonia Railway in Finland between Kouvola and Mikkeli (don't remember exact spot) was incident where two passengers trains travelling in opposite directions had routes set and protected into same single tracked block with all main and distant signals displaying Proceed and Expect Proceed aspects. Disaster was avoided only because one of train drivers remembered that there was supposed to be passing at loop and he should have had route set into loop track. Therefore distant signal should have had Expect 35 (proceed at maximum speed of 35 km/h, points ahead are set for diverging route) aspect instead of Expect Proceed. This isn't very unlike scenario but still possible. __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House