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Puzzledtraveller

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32. velocity.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2015, 11:24 PM

May 2015

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What would bend a full-size Amtrak passenger car into, basically, an L-shape? [View all] Ken Burch May 2015 OP

Hitting a bridge? malaise May 2015 #1

Completely fact-free speculation with high probability of being wrong here: jberryhill May 2015 #2

I suspect your switching error + speed is a very good guess. mnhtnbb May 2015 #4

Here's another view of the area jberryhill May 2015 #5

Hulk Smash! n/t n2doc May 2015 #3

Huh? It is simple to bend what is essentially a hollow tube into a "L" Take a paper towel roll FSogol May 2015 #6

I just woke to the news....was there a fire also reported? dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #7

Not that I saw or heard about Renew Deal May 2015 #11

Someone on tv said speed was a factor. AngryAmish May 2015 #8

By God, someone get the chicken wire, we have a mystery to solve! NuclearDem May 2015 #9

Someone last night said it hit an electrical pole Renew Deal May 2015 #10

Basic Newtonian physics. hobbit709 May 2015 #12

They're Also Not Strong On The Sides ProfessorGAC May 2015 #13

E = MC2 JaneyVee May 2015 #14

Actually you start here hobbit709 May 2015 #15

Irrelevant MannyGoldstein May 2015 #27

Mope, not even close. nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #33

E=1/2 MV^2 Fumesucker May 2015 #35

you do know they are designed to be light to save on fuel costs snooper2 May 2015 #16

Light is a relative term. Average weight for a passenger rail car is about 100,000 lbs. hobbit709 May 2015 #18

That's an easy one. randome May 2015 #17

Copied. Thanks! LOL. nt Ilsa May 2015 #23

loves me some yuiyoshida May 2015 #36

One knowlegable on trains said passenger cars on Amtrak are lacking in side support Panich52 May 2015 #19

Lack of funding=GOP obstruction Abouttime May 2015 #20

The President can't. He signed the deductions. yeoman6987 May 2015 #29

Nano-thermite? N/T catnhatnh May 2015 #21

Are we looking at the same Amtrak crash? Brother Buzz May 2015 #22

At the right of the picture, just slightly away and to the left of the still-linked line of cars Ken Burch May 2015 #25

Ah! Brother Buzz May 2015 #34

Modern Amtrak train cars are built of pretty thin steel. Xithras May 2015 #24

100+ mph on a curve rated 50mph....... peace13 May 2015 #26

Well we know that the train was traveling 102 mph. IMO that car may have been twisted between jwirr May 2015 #28

From what I've heard - hit a vertical bridge support girder, sideways, as it left the tracks. pinto May 2015 #30

Pics confirm that RobertEarl May 2015 #31

velocity. Puzzledtraveller May 2015 #32