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Re: SMART; BART; PTC
Author: Carol L Voss
Date: 09-30-2016 - 21:50
Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
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> Nudge --
> Yes, there are still operators on every BART
> train, and these BART
> train operators actually do operate the trains
> when necessary.
>
> Folks, [lease correct me if I am wrong about this
> next part --
> On the BART system, "Road Manual" is 25 mph
> maximum and
> "Yard Manual" is 10 mph maximum.
> The operator is the initial Incident Commander in
> an emergency.
>
> Rasputin ---
> Thank you VERY much for that fascinating
> information
> about polymerization of air pollutants on the rail
> head.
> Learn something new every day!
>
> mook --
> From what I have read, SMART is required to
> maintain
> "temporal separation" between all freight train
> movements
> and all passenger train movements. This is
> currently done in
> San Diego with the San Diego Trolleys. So --
> there will be no
> conflicts between SMART trains and freight
> trains.
>
> To all ---
> In all conflicts -- and how to make SMART safe
> enough is a conflict --
> there are 3 things:
> 1. What you want,
> 2. What you really need, and
> 3. Your favorite solution.
> PTC -- in any form -- is a favorite solution.
> Is SMART using any form of the ACSES* system
> currently in use in the NEC?
> (*"ACSES" means "Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement
> System".)
> I am pretty sure from what I have read that SMART
> is not using an ACSES
> system, but I had to ask.
>
> IMO, the money being spent on PTC would be much
> better spent doing
> something really effective about drunk and stupid
> drivers. The carnage
> on our roads is far, far worse than any train
> wreck, in terms of the
> sheer number of people injured and killed every
> single day.
Margaret, I wish you would stop being rational and reasonable-- it confuses the knuckledraggers!! :-). Hugs C
-------------------------------------------------------
> Nudge --
> Yes, there are still operators on every BART
> train, and these BART
> train operators actually do operate the trains
> when necessary.
>
> Folks, [lease correct me if I am wrong about this
> next part --
> On the BART system, "Road Manual" is 25 mph
> maximum and
> "Yard Manual" is 10 mph maximum.
> The operator is the initial Incident Commander in
> an emergency.
>
> Rasputin ---
> Thank you VERY much for that fascinating
> information
> about polymerization of air pollutants on the rail
> head.
> Learn something new every day!
>
> mook --
> From what I have read, SMART is required to
> maintain
> "temporal separation" between all freight train
> movements
> and all passenger train movements. This is
> currently done in
> San Diego with the San Diego Trolleys. So --
> there will be no
> conflicts between SMART trains and freight
> trains.
>
> To all ---
> In all conflicts -- and how to make SMART safe
> enough is a conflict --
> there are 3 things:
> 1. What you want,
> 2. What you really need, and
> 3. Your favorite solution.
> PTC -- in any form -- is a favorite solution.
> Is SMART using any form of the ACSES* system
> currently in use in the NEC?
> (*"ACSES" means "Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement
> System".)
> I am pretty sure from what I have read that SMART
> is not using an ACSES
> system, but I had to ask.
>
> IMO, the money being spent on PTC would be much
> better spent doing
> something really effective about drunk and stupid
> drivers. The carnage
> on our roads is far, far worse than any train
> wreck, in terms of the
> sheer number of people injured and killed every
> single day.
Margaret, I wish you would stop being rational and reasonable-- it confuses the knuckledraggers!! :-). Hugs C
