Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-08-2019 - 17:42
Nudge Wrote:
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> The drawings and pics I got, showed a stopped
> train either on the main or pass. In the middle of
> these two was an x-over with hand throw switches.
> (Had to get permission to line them from the
> dispatcher.) The outside or the rail, the moving
> train was on, had no warning.
I can't speak to whatever drawings or pics you have, but the two photos I posted the links to clearly show there was no crossover involved.
> They should have
> been at restricted speed.
The passenger train was not required by rule to operate at Restricted Speed.
Would A Simple SwitchStand With A Target Have Prevented The Fatal Amtrak Head-On In Cayce, SC?
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RjCorman |
08-06-2019 - 06:38 |
A conductor with a brain would have prevented it
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Follow the damn rules |
08-06-2019 - 08:24 |
Re: Would A Simple SwitchStand With A Target Have Prevented The Fatal Amtrak Head-On In Cayce, SC?
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Shortline Sammie |
08-06-2019 - 08:31 |
Re: Would A Simple SwitchStand With A Target Have Prevented The Fatal Amtrak Head-On In Cayce, SC?
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Nudge |
08-06-2019 - 17:20 |
Re: Would A Simple SwitchStand With A Target Have Prevented The Fatal Amtrak Head-On In Cayce, SC?
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OPRRMS |
08-06-2019 - 17:55 |
Re: Would A Simple SwitchStand With A Target Have Prevented The Fatal Amtrak Head-On In Cayce, SC?
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BOB2 |
08-06-2019 - 08:50 |
Photo of the ground throw switch in question
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OPRRMS |
08-06-2019 - 09:42 |
Re: Photo of the ground throw switch in question
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OPRRMS |
08-06-2019 - 09:45 |
Re: Would A Simple SwitchStand With A Target Have Prevented The Fatal Amtrak Head-On In Cayce, SC?
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the ghost of e hunter harrison |
08-06-2019 - 09:40 |
Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
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BOB2 |
08-06-2019 - 09:56 |
Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
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OPRRMS |
08-06-2019 - 10:14 |
Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
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RjCorman |
08-06-2019 - 17:14 |
Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
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Nudge |
08-06-2019 - 17:27 |
Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
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OPRRMS |
08-06-2019 - 17:56 |
Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
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Nudge |
08-08-2019 - 17:18 |
Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow! |
OPRRMS |
08-08-2019 - 17:42 |
Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
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BOB2 |
08-06-2019 - 17:56 |
Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
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Dr Zarkoff |
08-06-2019 - 20:18 |
Re: WEEEE!.. Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
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BOB2 |
08-06-2019 - 21:20 |
Re: WEEEE!.. Thanks OPRRMS... Wow!
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Dr Zarkoff |
08-07-2019 - 00:27 |
Re: Sanchez, Veolia, and the politics of "privatizaton".... What could possibly go wrong?
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BOB2 |
08-07-2019 - 01:42 |
Re: Sanchez, Veolia, and the politics of "privatizaton".... What could possibly go wrong?
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ron |
08-07-2019 - 13:23 |
Re: What could possibly go wrong? And, what have we learned from it, nothing new really... just some stuff we should have learned a long time ago.
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BOB2 |
08-07-2019 - 14:36 |
Re: What could possibly go wrong? And, what have we learned from it, nothing new really... just some stuff we should have learned a long time ago.
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Dr Zarkoff |
08-07-2019 - 15:45 |
Re: What could possibly go wrong? And, what have we learned from it, nothing new really... just some stuff we should have learned a long time ago.
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BOB2 |
08-07-2019 - 16:17 |