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Title: Serious Incident near Mühlheim in Germany - 02 April 2020 Post by: SandTEngineer on April 03, 2020, 10:08:13 A BLS (Switzerland, open access) Rollende Landstrasse (carries lorries and their drivers) has hit a large concrete block near Mühlheim which seems to have come from an overbridge that was being demolished. The driver has been killed and at least two lorry drivers in the coach behind the loco injured.
https://www.tag24.de/justiz/polizei/zug-unglueck-rheintalbahn-auggen-breisgau-freiburg-baden-wuerttemberg-1477193 (https://img.techpowerup.org/200402/800.jpg) Title: Re: Serious Incident near Mühlheim in Germany - 02 April 2020 Post by: stuving on April 03, 2020, 10:18:29 There are pictures in the German text here (https://www.tag24.de/justiz/polizei/zug-unglueck-rheintalbahn-auggen-breisgau-freiburg-baden-wuerttemberg-1477193),
and I've found a French one (https://www.20min.ch/ro/news/monde/story/Grave-accident-d-un-train-en-direction-de-B-le-14681420) that say this was a bridge being built and the concrete deck (or a large section of it) fell on the track in front of the train. Title: Re: Serious Incident near Mühlheim in Germany - 02 April 2020 Post by: eightf48544 on April 03, 2020, 11:39:28 As a contact pointed out different safety standards, not stopping trains whilst construction going on.
They also pointed out no overhead, so was he coasting or on "Last Mile Diesel". Also note no "Social Exclusion" everyone standing around in groups! Title: Re: Serious Incident near Mühlheim in Germany - 02 April 2020 Post by: Red Squirrel on April 03, 2020, 12:37:10 As a contact pointed out different safety standards, not stopping trains whilst construction going on. We shouldn't make any assumptions ahead of the enquiry. However, without straying too far into uninformed conjecture, I might guess that maybe the deck was thought to be securely installed, but somehow failed after the line had been handed back? Title: Re: Serious Incident near Mühlheim in Germany - 02 April 2020 Post by: eightonedee on April 03, 2020, 13:24:12 Fair point RS, although if that's not the case it seems extraordinary that a running line was operating under active construction site like this.
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