Gee, no mention of the ML train running a red in Placentia and running into the side of a BNSF? No mention of the ML train running a red in Fontana with 2 crew in the cab? No mention of the ML train running the red near the Cal State LA stop on the San Bernardino line?

BOB2 Wrote:
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> One ML employee caused accident running a
> signal-Chatsworth, one accident from the Glendale
> mess-not caused by ML, one accident from the
> presumed suicide by train at Buena Vista-film
> company held liable in court, one head on with
> BNSF-BNNSF crew fell asleep and ran signal.....
> and now, the Oxnard derailment-which was not
> caused by ML's actions.....
>
> Some of these had a high number of fatalities
> (Chatsworth and Glendale) which have skewed the
> numbers on that. But, except for Chatsworth,
> under Violia's incompetent mismanagement, and it's
> multiple failures to enforce rules, follow
> required federal safety protocol's, or conduct
> proper discipline, none of these were caused by
> 'unsafe" ML actions.
>
> There is no statistical evidence that push pull is
> any more or less safe than with a locomotive on
> the point. There is evidence that there may be a
> serious design flaw in the Rotem pilots, which
> caused the train to actually derail in what should
> have been a one sided encounter with a small
> trailer. And that is what killed the engineer and
> caused all of the casualties at Oxnard. This is
> the reason for the temporary addition of locos to
> both ends of ML.
>
> ML has been extremely unlucky, as has Metro North,
> since 2005, in both the number and severity of
> accidents, compared to some other commuter
> properties. And, it's not about ML PR, it's about
> actual safety, as it appears to be about a serious
> Rotem design flaw, that the FRA should have tested
> for and caught, before ever certifying these cars.