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4. These Argentine train cars are very old. I rode on the exact same cars 20

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 02:52 PM

Feb 2012

years ago when I lived there. I rode in to Estación Once all the time. The trains are old, overcrowded and dangerous. I find this tragedy horrible, but not surprising.

I am listening to a TV stream now from Buenos Aires. The family members are trying to find their wounded or dead loved ones, having to go from hospital to hospital. My heart goes out to my porteño brothers and sisters.

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Argentine train slams into station, killing 49 [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2012 OP

What a horrible accident Marrah_G Feb 2012 #1

Thoughts with the people in Buenos Aires and Argentina Broderick Feb 2012 #2

a horrible tragedy Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #3

These Argentine train cars are very old. I rode on the exact same cars 20 Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #4

16 mph / 49 dead. I didn't think it was that poorly built. Festivito Feb 2012 #5

From what I'm seeing on the stream, thy're the same cars. Very old. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #7

600 injured?! How many does the train hold total? Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #9

Good question. I don't know, but in the mornings each car is packed. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #11

Virginia Railway Express mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2012 #16

I guess I envisioned something smaller like a subway car Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #19

The Secretary of transportation is now saying the train was slowing down, it was going 20 km/hour Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #12

I'm not sure I'm buying it. A passenger is now saying that the train passed by an earlier station Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #13

Wow, that's terrible!!! Beacool Feb 2012 #6

It was going the normal speed for between stations. But it didn't slow down. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #8

Oh, OK. Beacool Feb 2012 #15

Well, now I'm not so sure. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #17

A woman is on TV now, saying her sister was on the train. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #10

The conductor was young and was tired, according to the Transportation Secretary. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #14

Lotsa tired people today, day after Mardi Gras / Carnivale JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2012 #18

Not as big as in Brazil, that's for sure. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #20