These platform extentions have always made me nervouse. I think that they are designed to break if a RR car hits them rather then damage or derail the RR cars. Freight still uses these lines.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-hospitalized-after-billerica-mass-train-platform-collapse-n292711
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
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