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Reply to "Train wreck at Harpers Ferry, W. Va."

Rich Melvin posted:

This looks like a train-handling derailment. Either too much dynamic brake or too much pulling with light cars on the head end.

Agreed. A classic case of "string-lining", i.e. heavy cars on the rear, with empty cars on the headend, pulling through a tight "S" curve.

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