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I have started this new article and recently added pictures, but more could be done to expand the basic information. Peterlewis ( talk) 18:47, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, i would gladly add that the memoirs of Marguerite Yourcenar (" How Many Years: A Memoir") mention the event (actually her grandfather was one of the few to survive from the most deadly wagon on the front of the train)...but, you see, my english is quite poor - not to mention i'm not sure about how to do it correctly - sorry-- So6sechs ( talk) 14:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
The image of this article is a reduced version of the same image in the article on "Metal Fatigue". The full version of the image would be appropriate and more informative here. Vic joseph ( talk) 09:42, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
I've removed an erroneous claim that this was the first railway accident to cause multiple deaths. Even though the claim had a citation, it is obviously untrue; Wikipedia's own list of rail accidents before 1880 shows earlier accidents with multiple fatalities, and the existence of these accidents can be easily verified. However, the Versailles accident was certainly the world's worst up to that time. -- Colin Douglas Howell ( talk) 18:39, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
It would be nice for someone to confirm whether the axle which failed on the lead locomotive was an ordinary carrying axle or a crank axle. Crank axles were commonly used for the driving axles of British and European locomotives at the time, but they were much more susceptible to fatigue failure because of their irregular shape and the piston thrust forces they had to endure. -- Colin Douglas Howell ( talk) 18:48, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
It would be interesting to learn why the passengers were locked in the cars at that time. -- Bernardoni ( talk) 12:13, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Let me get this straight. This article's been online for 13 years and you still don't name the railway on which the accident occurred. Nah, I didn't want to know anyway.
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I have started this new article and recently added pictures, but more could be done to expand the basic information. Peterlewis ( talk) 18:47, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, i would gladly add that the memoirs of Marguerite Yourcenar (" How Many Years: A Memoir") mention the event (actually her grandfather was one of the few to survive from the most deadly wagon on the front of the train)...but, you see, my english is quite poor - not to mention i'm not sure about how to do it correctly - sorry-- So6sechs ( talk) 14:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
The image of this article is a reduced version of the same image in the article on "Metal Fatigue". The full version of the image would be appropriate and more informative here. Vic joseph ( talk) 09:42, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
I've removed an erroneous claim that this was the first railway accident to cause multiple deaths. Even though the claim had a citation, it is obviously untrue; Wikipedia's own list of rail accidents before 1880 shows earlier accidents with multiple fatalities, and the existence of these accidents can be easily verified. However, the Versailles accident was certainly the world's worst up to that time. -- Colin Douglas Howell ( talk) 18:39, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
It would be nice for someone to confirm whether the axle which failed on the lead locomotive was an ordinary carrying axle or a crank axle. Crank axles were commonly used for the driving axles of British and European locomotives at the time, but they were much more susceptible to fatigue failure because of their irregular shape and the piston thrust forces they had to endure. -- Colin Douglas Howell ( talk) 18:48, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
It would be interesting to learn why the passengers were locked in the cars at that time. -- Bernardoni ( talk) 12:13, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Let me get this straight. This article's been online for 13 years and you still don't name the railway on which the accident occurred. Nah, I didn't want to know anyway.