Author Topic: Loco Crash test (Read 1040 times)

aikorob · « **on:** March 08, 2013, 07:00:32 AM »

jnevis · « **Reply #1 on:** March 08, 2013, 12:16:59 PM »

What a waste of perfectly good tunnel motors

Ike the BN Freak · « **Reply #2 on:** March 08, 2013, 12:28:28 PM »

an SD40/45T-2 with a wide cab? Guessing its testing for EMD's wide cab.

Dave Schneider · « **Reply #3 on:** March 08, 2013, 04:46:15 PM »

The take home message for me was don't hit a trailer carrying steel coils. That thing went right through the cab. Yikes.

Best wishes, Dave

Erik W · « **Reply #4 on:** March 08, 2013, 05:01:31 PM »

It could be much worse.

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Erik

packers#1 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2013, 05:48:11 PM »

that's a good day at the office right there

Robbman · « **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2013, 07:07:58 PM »

an SD40/45T-2 with a wide cab? Guessing its testing for EMD's wide cab.

They were used for FRA/AAR testing/evaluation which led to the 2011 crash worthiness standards (notably, collision posts)

up1950s · « **Reply #7 on:** March 08, 2013, 10:54:08 PM »

Interestingly at 5:38 the hopper wall expand outward while the coal retains most of its original shape in that slomo shot .