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How come passenger trains don't derail as often as freight trains?
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Interesting info, PBenham! <br /> <br />But I always thought once the car wheels jumped the track, that's it. In a split second it derails and even if engineer knew what can he do besides applying emergency brakes and by then it'll be too late. On model railroads train can go quite a distance with one car off the track but in real life this will simply destroy the truck. <br /> <br />Anyway even if engineer knew the second wheel jumped the track what can he possibly do?
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