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aye and I'd imagine to be honest they have to betrain emergency brakes are quite brutal.
The sort of forces involved must be quite impressive.
There is also very little in the way of features to reduce whiplash in train seating etc (unlike cars/coaches) as they tend not to be in incidents that would benefit from it.
I'm guessing the guy's insurance company did not have a nice day when the bill came in from network rail etc, even if the train suffered no major damage there is likely to be fairly hefty bill for giving it a full inspection (and any "minor" repairs - do the brakes need work after an emergency stop?), inspecting the tracks and cleaning them up, and if the train company can claim back any costs associated with the crash from things like disruption to service.
At least this idiot didn't manage to derail the train and kill a load of people.