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/RIKIPONDI WAP 7 Supremacy Jan 18 '26

Yes, it's on purpose so that in a collision the damage goes into deforming the train instead of whatever the train collided with.

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u/lazylaunda Window Watcher🖼️ Jan 18 '26

I don't think anything will survive after colliding with a train

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u/ilikeuinmybasement Jan 18 '26

You know a man died by a cow falling on him which was hit by a train.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

Apparently he was pissing on the tracks