Talk:Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Conlinp in topic Help please

Location

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I've been trying to figure out where this happened. The crossings between Henneman and Kroonstad all appear to be viaducts, not grade crossings. Does anyone have a better idea of where this happened? Abductive (reasoning) 04:06, 5 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Right here [1] . See the youtube video at sec 26 [2] . I modified the name of the article.-EugεnS¡m¡on 09:44, 5 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
The coordinates are wrong https://goo.gl/maps/22Vkgb4pCNB2 - EugεnS¡m¡on 09:46, 5 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
Fixed coordinates.Conlinp (talk) 10:37, 5 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Map

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Is it possible to have the locations of both Hennenman and Kroonstad displayed on the map? Mjroots (talk) 11:19, 5 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

What caused the carriages to catch fire?

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This is a passenger train, with passenger carriages, yes? Was there a large amount of luggage in said carriages holding flammable or explosive materials? This confuses me. DesertPipeline (talk) 11:04, 7 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Overhead electrical wires had snapped and are thought to be the cause of the fire. Conlinp (talk) 12:59, 7 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
Right, thank you. Can this be added to the article for clarity? Wording it in a way that indicates it is only guesswork at this time. It can be changed later if it's wrong. Edit: For instance, It is possible but not confirmed that the carriages caught fire due to overhead electrical wires broken by the crash. DesertPipeline (talk) 13:09, 7 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
Added. Paper is also claiming 19 now dead. Conlinp (talk) 13:48, 7 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
The direct cause of fire might have been the overhead, but it must have also been some flammable stuff there to catch fire, wouldn't it? What about the fuel for the diesel engine? 194.174.76.21 (talk) 18:52, 12 January 2018 (UTC) Marco Pagliero BerlinReply

Help please

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Can someone look at reference 21, cant get the title and link to work properly. Cant work out how to fix it. Conlinp (talk) 09:36, 13 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

  Done There was already a reference named RSR, so I changed this one to be named RSR2. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:31, 13 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. Understand the issue now, didn't look hard enough. Conlinp (talk) 11:35, 13 January 2019 (UTC)Reply