There were three derailer was designed to knock the wheels off the track so that the resistance of the ties and ballast against the train's wheels would bring a slow-moving derailed train to a stop.
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Attempts to derail the train using a portable derailer failed and police shot at an emergency fuel cutoff switch, which had no effect because the button must be pressed for several seconds before the engine is starved of fuel and shuts down.
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I don't know if anyone expressed doubt in reality, but I would think that the derailer has some sort of rating for weight and speed of the derailed train that might give some idea that it wasn't going to work.
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According to they may have been taking up rails further down the line . ( It also suggests some people weren't surprised by the failure of the portable derailer given the speeds involved, but again this doesn't mean does actually involved had the same thoughts.
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The so-called derailer _ two heavy pieces of metal with a hinge between _ is normally used to get trains back on the rails, but could have caused a derailment if a train had come by, said Mike Furtney, spokesman for Southern Pacific Railroad in San Francisco.
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However, he noted that the derailer is a standard piece of railroad equipment, while the derailment was caused by sabotaging rails; the derailer was on a line used by freight rather than passenger trains; and " copycats come out of the woodwork when things like this happen ."
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However, he noted that the derailer is a standard piece of railroad equipment, while the derailment was caused by sabotaging rails; the derailer was on a line used by freight rather than passenger trains; and " copycats come out of the woodwork when things like this happen ."
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A "'derail "'or "'derailer "'is a device used to prevent fouling of a rail track ( anything being present on the track : a person, a train, a branch, etc . ) by unauthorized movements of trains or unattended rolling stock.
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:I doubt that any " derailer " actually exists . ( I see that they do exist, but for a purpose other than in the movie . ) They would need thousands of them positioned all over the nation to have any hope of having them where needed, and there would be more of a risk of " the bad guys " using one than them being used by " the good guys ".
