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Arjan

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Train ran through the buffer stops, & momentum took it to that part of the station.  as you can see there is no track bed on the left hand side. going to be a interesting & big crane needed to recover that railcar. 

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/11/whale-tail-sculpture-stops-rotterdam-metro-train-from-crashing-into-water/

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Several things are going to be adressed :

- The driver (why didn't he / she stop in time ?

- the auto brake system (it was programmed to stop before the end of the line)

- The stopblock (obviously not having done what it was expected to do)

As this is in the centre of Spijkenisse, getting big cranes etc. there - and reaching over the water and hig up - will make for interesting operations.....

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59 minutes ago, elbekko said:

Impressive. And the cranes to recover that will be even more impressive.

For sure! I’d love to see that.

This was for the lift of a 35T tank at work, lift radius of I reckon 20m?

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450T rated crane, with aN extra 120T crane to put the floor pads down. Then it ended up with 140T of ballast on the back of it. 

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Yes.....
Some clever people will be busy doing since as they have to reach over the water about 20 mtrs - away from the crane - but also 10 mtrs. higher... And the ground is soft there...

Going to be interesting..

Glad the driver is OK - rest is just money..

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