The carriage
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The carriage which burnt into the tunnel. Installed in 1994. (Photo Kitzsteinhorn AG) Click to enlarge / Cliquez pour agrandir   Photo © The carriage after the fire. The photo (up) shows the rear of the carriage and the rear control compartment where the fire started. The temperature was greater than 1000 °C. Remember that the aluminium melting temperature is 660 °C and 1500 °C for iron! All the aluminium structures are melted down! Only the chassis did not melt down. Photo © Photo © The corpses's climb up at the Breitriesenalpe Station at the middle of the line where a rescue tunnel leads to the surface.

Index Kaprun The events The carriage The news Description Funiculars in tunnel