From: Sam.Wilson@ed.ac.uk   
      
   In article ,   
    "New Haven"  wrote:   
      
   > I assume that these are push-pull, operated "pull" out from the terminal,   
   > and "push" into the terminal with a cab control car in front.   
   > This is why push-pull trains have always scared me when they operate in   
   > "push" mode.  If there had been a locomotive at the front of the train   
   > perhaps there might have not been a fatality (can't be sure about the   
   > engineer) and fewer injuries amont the passengers.   
   >   
   > "Stephen Furley"  wrote in message   
   > news:8aecad34-ecc3-48b5-9e54-9ed9bdddc2ee@googlegroups.com...   
   > > At least one dead and well over a hundred injured and part of station roof   
   > > brought down over the concourse.  Surprised that nobody has posted   
   > > anything about this.   
      
   The news reports (there has been plenty of discussion on the right bank   
   of the Atlantic) say the fatality was a woman on the concourse struck by   
   debris, so having a loco on the front might have made things worse   
   because it would have gone further into the station building.   
      
   Sam   
      
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