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Re: The dispatcher will control all trains.
Author: theconductor
Date: 11-07-2014 - 13:37

Never Ever Happen! Wrote:
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> Most dispatchers are too busy now with several
> hundred miles of railroad to cover, what makes you
> think they can also run a dozzen trains or more

The will add more dispatchers and shorten the territories. Still vastly less expensive.

> Also what happens if they hit a trespasser? does
> the dispatcher leave the office to go to the seen
> of the incident?

Same thing that happens now. A manager arrives on the SCENE to take care of the details. As a conductor, I would never (and have never) get off the train to see a body.

> What if the incident is in California and the
> Dispatcher is in Omaha?

See previous answer. The train crews do nothing at the scene of an accident except duck.

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