QUOTE: Originally posted by PNWRMNM Jamie, I used to work hazmat derailments. Shelf couplers to not prevent override. In an "at speed" derailment the head of one or the other couplers breaks off the shank right behind the head. Shelf couplers have probably been effective in yard situations (think Decatur). Headshields have, in my opinion, been more effective in eliminating head punctures than have shelf couplers. Mac
QUOTE: Originally posted by UPTRAIN They thought shelf couplers would solve all of that, but how does a coupler stop something from rupturing or exploding?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by wabash1 from what i could gather fromhis post it seems it was a acid train. and acid wont blow up.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by alstom It can and can't be. In fact a few years ago, near Kansas, a UP train derailed blew up creating a mushroom cloud, and leaked acid into the water supply! People were forced to evacuate their houses! People were killed in the inciddent (nearly 100)!
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