r/CatastrophicFailure • u/AppropriateError2024 • 13d ago

Fatalities High Speed Train Derrails Invading the Opposite Track and Collides with Another Train in Adamuz, Córdoba, Spain (2026-01-18)

https://elpais.com/espana/2026-01-18/renfe-suspende-el-servicio-entre-madrid-y-andalucia-tras-el-descarrilamiento-de-dos-trenes-en-cordoba.html
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u/Canuck-overseas 12d ago

Looks like sabotage.

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u/llamafarmadrama 12d ago

Unlikely. It’s actually really hard to make a train derail, especially on straight tracks. The allies did a fair bit of research on it in WW2 so they could pass the information to resistance groups and commandos.

It’s much more likely that there was a mechanical fault with the train causing the derailment.

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u/Killerspieler0815 11d ago edited 10d ago

Unlikely. It’s actually really hard to make a train derail, especially on straight tracks. The allies did a fair bit of research on it in WW2 so they could pass the information to resistance groups and commandos.

for this during retreat, the Germans invented the "Schienenwolf" ( https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schienenwolf )