The momentum of the loaded rake must have been enormous. Any idea what speed the train was doing when this derailment happened? Have they figured out the cause yet?

Posted by Alok Patel on 2009 Dec 24 07:18:40 +0000

Awful. Did the poor loco pilot and his assistant survive? I hope they did.

Posted by Alok Patel on 2009 Dec 24 07:17:16 +0000

In addition to over 3 hours taken to rescue the Motorman I wonder how many more hours The Thane Muncipal corporation needs to turn off the water mains !

Posted by Dilip Setlur on 2009 Oct 24 18:32:30 +0000

Hmm. You seem to be right, Gowri sir.

Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2009 Oct 24 11:49:06 +0000

My doubt is... if the slab has fallen before the train could pass, it would have snapped the OHE and the power would have been cutoff. The motorman would have sensed something wrong. I believe that the slab fell just a few fraction of seconds before the train could cross the spot.

Posted by Gowri Sankar R on 2009 Oct 24 11:39:34 +0000

Yes, the train went and hit the slab which had already fallen. But articles in papers mention that the train, which was travelling at 40 kph could not stop short of the slab! I find this very surprising considering the powerful braking of MRVC rakes.

Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2009 Oct 24 09:33:33 +0000

Very true Binai, Even I am also concluding this only.. DNA mentions that Mman upon seeing a slab lying on the tracks, slammed on the brakes.. Going by that, our conclusion matches.

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2009 Oct 24 07:30:27 +0000

It somehow looks that the train went and hit the slab, which might have fallen down just prior to the train reaching there. Perhaps, this caused the pipe-bridge to come down.

Posted by Binai Sankar on 2009 Oct 24 07:19:55 +0000

Correction: this is not luggage compartment but general compartment.

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2009 Oct 24 06:57:47 +0000

interesting picture!!

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Oct 24 03:00:57 +0000