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- From: tgttgv@tb3.chem.tue.nl (Jan Vaessen)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Torpedos (was: Incident on Boston (MBTA) Commuter Rail)
- Message-ID: <tgttgv.725013815@tb3.chem.tue.nl>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 08:43:35 GMT
- References: <RMURA.92Dec17145416@world.std.com> <EMERY.92Dec17170944@dr_no.mitre.org>
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- emery@dr_no.mitre.org (David Emery) writes:
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- >Could the loud "pop" be a torpedo?
- > dave
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- Could someone please expain to me what a 'torpedo' is ?
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- I understand it is something to stop a train in an emergency or other
- dangerous case, but is it a device that is actually put on the rails, or
- is it a permanent installation that will stop a train after passing a
- red signal ?
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- Jan Vaessen
- Eindhoven University of Technology
- Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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