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  • Re: OT - Mexican train wreck

    From Nobody@jock@soccer.com to uk.railway on Wed Jan 7 15:37:04 2026
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    On 2026-01-01 6:08 p.m., Recliner wrote:

    This crash didnrCOt involve the Mexican HST set, but another did:

    https://www.dpsimulation.org.uk/uk-railway-news/ex-british-hst-collides-with-trailer-in-chiapas-passengers-escape-unharmed

    Amazingly, the driver of 43378 was fortunately unhurt.

    Yikes, just eight days before the crash involving fatalities.
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  • From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to uk.railway on Thu Jan 8 13:47:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    Recliner wrote:

    https://www.dpsimulation.org.uk/uk-railway-news/ex-british-hst-collides- with-trailer-in-chiapas-passengers-escape-unharmed

    Amazingly, the driver of 43378 was fortunately unhurt.

    Comments have been made that UK trains arenrCOt built to US standards of crash worthiness

    I've never looked closely at the pointy bits of HSTs, somehow I assumed
    they were made from cast iron, rather than fibreglass and squirty foam ...

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  • From Anna Noyd-Dryver@anna@noyd-dryver.com to uk.railway on Thu Jan 8 19:59:53 2026
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    Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
    Recliner wrote:

    https://www.dpsimulation.org.uk/uk-railway-news/ex-british-hst-collides-
    with-trailer-in-chiapas-passengers-escape-unharmed

    Amazingly, the driver of 43378 was fortunately unhurt.

    Comments have been made that UK trains arenrCOt built to US standards of
    crash worthiness

    I've never looked closely at the pointy bits of HSTs, somehow I assumed
    they were made from cast iron, rather than fibreglass and squirty foam ...



    There's steel frame under the floor, to the coupler and vestigial buffers.

    But above that it's most wood and fibreglass, I always said that the
    windscreen was the strongest part, but apparently itrCOs the doors!

    The main bodyshell from the cab back wall rearward, is a decently strong
    steel structure.

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