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[ijmorlan]

Skip ahead to 13:40 or so. This is just before reaching the interchange (14:05) where the accident occured:


The accident occured just to the right of the Sandilands stop.

Uh oh, don't let Canard see the speed limit sign for that.

The curve is actually rated for 20 km/h!  They would have just said "12 mph" in the news because they converted it from metric, because the UK is still all hodge-podge when it comes to units.

You’ve just hit upon the solution for our 12km/h signs! Just replace with 7.5 mph. Leave all the other signs alone, they’re already round enough in metric. Then we’re more like the brits (hodgepodge), and surely 7.5 is a “nicer” number than 12, right?

Also, interesting note: right after the curve, at the junction, the train (apparently) runs over the switch with the points still aligned for the other track. In other words it just pushes the points into position. I haven’t typically seen that in modern train systems, although Toronto’s streetcars do that.