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Originally Posted by Varyon
But something unexpected happened in the collision - shortly after the awe-inspiring impact, the boilers of both trains exploded more-or-less simultaneously, meaning the minimum safe distance (200 yards) the onlookers had been forced to stay at (the crash was actually delayed about an hour due to people refusing to retreat to said minimum safe distance) was no longer sufficient to be safe from all the incidental fragmentation.
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I have never understood how that was unexpected.