considering the severity of the overspeed, no the results wouldn't be much different.
Modeling the Cleveland and Pittsburgh during the PennCentral era starting on the Cleveland lakefront and ending in Mingo junction
Had a Talgo designed locomotive been pulliing the 501, might the operational mistake been lessened? If a Talgo designed locomotive been operated at the excessive speed, could it have remained railbound and given the passngers a very rough ride? Or, could a Talgo designed locomotive left the rail but the derailment would have seen the equipment coupled, derailed, upright and still within the right of way? Either way, fractures, bruises and lacerations preferable to death.
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