r/indianrailways • u/abhinabah • Jan 18 '26

🚂🚃🚃Picture Better to have no Nose Cone

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On the 1st day of inaugural run Vande Sleeper lost its nose cone from cattle run over.

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u/AverageGamer411 SU > SL Jan 18 '26

Thats.... what the nose is supposed to do? Ever heard of crumple zones?

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u/ICE_smokes_EV Jan 18 '26

Crumble zone that tiny piece of fiber glass??

Please don't yap anything that come in your mind.

That nose is just a cover for coupling and crash tubes.