“5 cm further apart “
That isn’t just loosening some bolts to achieve that amount of road spread.
Exactly, and you just can’t use an ordinary wrench, those bolts are welded on.
That's two inches, for those with a recent government education.
ML/NJ
He probably removed the bolts completely. And then a couple of trains had driven over that area of tracks. If each train pushed each track out about 1 cm in both directions then you might get those results. Extrapolating, after a few more trains spread the tracks a bit more you get the derailment.
5 centimeters—— is 1.96 Inches. 2 inches on the spread of a high speed rails, damned deadly.