Talk:2002 El Ayyat railway accident

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Tabletop in topic Pulled tail
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Pulled tail

What about pulling the tail (applying the brakes) to bring the train to a stop? Most trains these days have continuous brakes, whether air or vacuum.

Tabletop (talk) 05:40, 1 December 2008 (UTC)