Glory Hole Carbon Monoxide

Linea ferroviaria Battipaglia-Potenza

Storia :
Il collegamento tra Campania e Basilicata venne progettato a seguito del raggiungimento della strada ferrata the station of Battipaglia, hence the connections are divided into Calabria and inland, in Basilicata. During the construction of the Battipaglia-Eboli in 1862 a project was laid for the construction of a line up to power through the Valle di Diano and Val D'Agri but later the project was abandoned. In the years following the spot checks were made for a route that ran along the White River and the Platano River through gorges on the border between Campania and Basilicata. On 12 October 1865 the government gave the 'ok for the construction of the Ebola-Power. To build the whole line took 17 years because of difficult terrain (it was open at times) and was completed and opened in 1880. The ritch is characterized by numerous bridges and tunnels all done by hand, was closed to traffic from 1986 until 1993 for servicing and to electrify the entire line of 3000 V DC.

Happened :
The Battersea Power-is "famous" for a number of incidents:

• On 21 September 1929 a major flood struck the area of \u200b\u200bthe airport of Bella-Muro Some bridges were destroyed on a locomotive was passing a railway with nine who died dragged by the flood of the River Platano.


• On 12 December 1942 a military translated from Piacenza, comprising 30 wagons, within these wagons traveled young recruits in Lombardy and Emilia came to power after a travel day. Resumed their journey on the way down between Tito and Picerno (slope 26x1000), the convoy picked up speed, drivers immediately noticed a problem with the braking system, some coaches do not stop while the others were traveling with the wheels blocked, causing a cloud of sparks some of the cars that burned wood. Unfortunately there was nothing to do, the train passed through at high speed between the stations and Picerno Franciosa and broke in two after a few kilometers from Franciosa. 3 cars crashed into some trees, causing nine deaths and 150 wounded, the rest of the convoy continued sua corsa fino alla stazione di Baragiano-Ruoti dove si fermò.


• Il 2 Marzo del 1944 il treno merci 8017 composto da 47 carri partì da Napoli con destinazione Potenza. A Salerno furono aggiunte 2 locomotive a vapore in testa al convoglio per superare le ripide salite della linea. Durante il tragitto salirono sui carri centinaia di persone clandestinamente per cercare viveri nel capoluogo Lucano. Il treno arrivò alla stazione di Balvano-Ricigliano con 37 minuti di ritardo era 00:50 del 3 Marzo dopo aver fatto una sosta ripartì per svolgere la parte più impegniativa della linea piena di gallerie e di ripide salite, dopo aver percorso circa un chilometro dopo l'ultima sosta imboccò una delle gallerie più lunghe della Battipaglia-Potenza called "arms" 1968.78 meters long, the train entered the tunnel and after traveling 800 meters stopped, the second locomotive began to slip causing a large amount of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide that killed about 600 people . The causes of the tragedy were different:

1. moisture formed on the rails caused the postponement of the locomotives.


2. The weight of train 8017 was 500-550 tons, on this line the maximum weight of a train was 350 tons.


3. 
   
   Coal granted by the Allies, which is used by the locomotives was of poor quality this has meant that locomotives lose velocity resulting in the arrest and slippage in the tunnel.

This tragedy was called "Massacre of Balvano" is the largest number of fatalities per accident in the history of Italy 'and' Europe

Data Line Battersea Power-

LENGTH --- 91 +265 Km

TRACK --- SIMPLE

GAUGE --- ORDINARIO 1435 mm

TRAZIONE --- ELETTRICA

NUMERO STAZIONI --- 12 ATTIVE+ 2 SOPPRESSE

PENDENZA MAX --- 26 x 1000

SISTEMA CONTROLLO --- DCO (sede Battipaglia)