Over at the Amtrak Forum, there has been much discussion regarding need for US crash rigidity standards. However, those who hold the standards be relaxed might want to review this and think twice:
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While the incident had no loss of life any only five injuries there were 150 passengers trapped and had to be extricated by emergency responders.
What if there had been fire?
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Emergency services rushed to the scene after a passenger train crashed into a freight train just outside the town of Meerbusch, near Dusseldorf Germany."Pictures, and video, are worth a thousand words".
Dozens of emergency vehicles arrived on the scene of the terrifying collision.
Firefighters have shared shocking images of the crash on Twitter.
Pictures from the scene show the passenger train upright, but with its locomotive nearly entirely flattened against the rear of the freight wagon.
The front carriage of the National Express train is also buckled in half with its wheels derailed in images shared by the fire department
While the incident had no loss of life any only five injuries there were 150 passengers trapped and had to be extricated by emergency responders.
What if there had been fire?