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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

going over people also soulnds like it would cause a derilment

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

A train wagon easily weights 20 tonnes and more. If it goes just at 50 kph, it has an impulse of 278.000 kg*m/s. Respectively 278.000 Ns. According to some googling human bones tend to break at around a force of 4.000 N.

Realistically the train is just going to flatten whatever flesh and bones are between the wheel and tracks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It very well might. But then you have to add the people on the tracks to the death count.