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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Geoff Mayo: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: [qb]First, this is a fairly low angle crossing, somewhere around 35 to 45 degrees. The truck was going northbound on US95, which in this area means pretty well due north after running parallel to the railroad. The train was going westbound (obviously), which in this area means southwest. Therefore, they were near facing each other.[/qb][/QUOTE]It's this angle (and sharper, as in towards head-on) that apparently makes it very difficult to judge the speed of anything approaching. Though, in this case, that would appear not to be relevant. [QUOTE]Originally posted by smitty195: [qb] 300 feet of skid marks??? I never worked as a traffic officer (where you learn complex accident reconstruction equations), but just from the basic stuff that I do know, 300 feet on a big rig indicates that he was flying. REALLY flying. [/qb][/QUOTE]And not necessarily under his control. It would appear that a heavy load pushing a tractor downhill with failed brakes was not the situation here but there are other reasons why there could be long skid marks (Toyota anyone?). Amazing there was no derailment which would undoubtedly have added to the injuries. The engines in the pictures are a distance away from the train - I wonder whether the engineers had the foresight to get that additional fuel source away from the fire, or they became uncoupled during the incident, or just detached later on? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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