Re: Capitol Corridor Overspeed at Crossover- FULL STORY TEXT
Author: Max Wyss
Date: 03-29-2017 - 23:49
The last sentence sounds harsh, but probably says it.
Of course, being safety-relevant, there should be as much information at the signal to locate it.
Situational Awareness issues and distractions can have very "spectacular" outcomings… such as the derailment of the TGV test trains about two years (really) ago, where the driver hit the brakes about 8 seconds too late (according to my guesstimate).