Two Trains Collide and Derail Containers in Sihanoukville
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Two Trains Collide and Derail Containers in Sihanoukville
Cambodia News (Sihanoukville): At 12 noon, on January 25, 2022, in village 1, Sangkat 3, Sihanoukville, two trains collided and derailed many cargo containers.
The reason for the accident has not been made public, but fortunately, no one was hurt during the incident.
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Re: Two Trains Collide and Derail Containers in Sihanoukville
How difficult is it to run a single track with a few siding? The rail system here is so crap. One single track line to Poipet built by the French way back and one single track built by the Chinese in the 1960s to Sihanoukville. The renovation about a decade back sorted out all the bent up tracks from the war but wasn't any real improvement on the pre-war situation. Maybe time to update it to a double track system - one for each direction?
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Re: Two Trains Collide and Derail Containers in Sihanoukville
"So, you say your brother's name is Samnang and he has driven a train before, but he's a bit rusty? ... let me see what I can do ..."
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Re: Two Trains Collide and Derail Containers in Sihanoukville
The double track will come as its one of those mega projects whit shitloads of brown envelopes to distribute all over KOW.John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:54 pm How difficult is it to run a single track with a few siding? The rail system here is so crap. One single track line to Poipet built by the French way back and one single track built by the Chinese in the 1960s to Sihanoukville. The renovation about a decade back sorted out all the bent up tracks from the war but wasn't any real improvement on the pre-war situation. Maybe time to update it to a double track system - one for each direction?
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Re: Two Trains Collide and Derail Containers in Sihanoukville
Using local knowledge, wouldn’t someone with a heavier or faster train going the same way just drive on the wrong side? Just saying…John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:54 pm How difficult is it to run a single track with a few siding? The rail system here is so crap. One single track line to Poipet built by the French way back and one single track built by the Chinese in the 1960s to Sihanoukville. The renovation about a decade back sorted out all the bent up tracks from the war but wasn't any real improvement on the pre-war situation. Maybe time to update it to a double track system - one for each direction?
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Re: Two Trains Collide and Derail Containers in Sihanoukville
Why are you trying to complicate the situation. Who is going to decide which track is for trains in which direction.?John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:54 pm How difficult is it to run a single track with a few siding? The rail system here is so crap. One single track line to Poipet built by the French way back and one single track built by the Chinese in the 1960s to Sihanoukville. The renovation about a decade back sorted out all the bent up tracks from the war but wasn't any real improvement on the pre-war situation. Maybe time to update it to a double track system - one for each direction?
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Re: Two Trains Collide and Derail Containers in Sihanoukville
^^^ Look on the bright side, it reduces the chances of being killed while sleeping on the tracks by 50%.
Or, does that double the chances?
Or, does that double the chances?
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Re: Two Trains Collide and Derail Containers in Sihanoukville
Even if they did have 2 tracks, they'd probably just use one track for all the trains, and keep the other as a spareTootsfriend wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:20 amWhy are you trying to complicate the situation. Who is going to decide which track is for trains in which direction.?John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:54 pm How difficult is it to run a single track with a few siding? The rail system here is so crap. One single track line to Poipet built by the French way back and one single track built by the Chinese in the 1960s to Sihanoukville. The renovation about a decade back sorted out all the bent up tracks from the war but wasn't any real improvement on the pre-war situation. Maybe time to update it to a double track system - one for each direction?
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Re: Two Trains Collide and Derail Containers in Sihanoukville
Wouldn't have helped here. One train rear ended the other.John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:54 pm How difficult is it to run a single track with a few siding? The rail system here is so crap. One single track line to Poipet built by the French way back and one single track built by the Chinese in the 1960s to Sihanoukville. The renovation about a decade back sorted out all the bent up tracks from the war but wasn't any real improvement on the pre-war situation. Maybe time to update it to a double track system - one for each direction?
But at the very least they need more passing bays or whatever the correct rail term is. Sometimes the passenger trains sit for half an hour on a siding mid-trip, waiting for a freight train to pass.
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