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.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Would A Simple SwitchStand With A Target Have Prevented The Fatal Amtrak Head-On In Cayce, SC? RjCorman 08-06-2019 - 06:38
  A conductor with a brain would have prevented it 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? 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? Nudge 08-06-2019 - 17:20
  Re: Would A Simple SwitchStand With A Target Have Prevented The Fatal Amtrak Head-On In Cayce, SC? OPRRMS 08-06-2019 - 17:55
  Re: Would A Simple SwitchStand With A Target Have Prevented The Fatal Amtrak Head-On In Cayce, SC? BOB2 08-06-2019 - 08:50
  Photo of the ground throw switch in question OPRRMS 08-06-2019 - 09:42
  Re: Photo of the ground throw switch in question OPRRMS 08-06-2019 - 09:45
  Re: Would A Simple SwitchStand With A Target Have Prevented The Fatal Amtrak Head-On In Cayce, SC? the ghost of e hunter harrison 08-06-2019 - 09:40
  Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow! BOB2 08-06-2019 - 09:56
  Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow! OPRRMS 08-06-2019 - 10:14
  Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow! RjCorman 08-06-2019 - 17:14
  Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow! Nudge 08-06-2019 - 17:27
  Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow! OPRRMS 08-06-2019 - 17:56
  Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow! 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! BOB2 08-06-2019 - 17:56
  Re: Would A Simple Switch Stand target... Thanks OPRRMS... Wow! Dr Zarkoff 08-06-2019 - 20:18
  Re: WEEEE!.. Thanks OPRRMS... Wow! BOB2 08-06-2019 - 21:20
  Re: WEEEE!.. Thanks OPRRMS... Wow! Dr Zarkoff 08-07-2019 - 00:27
  Re: Sanchez, Veolia, and the politics of "privatizaton".... What could possibly go wrong? BOB2 08-07-2019 - 01:42
  Re: Sanchez, Veolia, and the politics of "privatizaton".... What could possibly go wrong? 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. 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. 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. BOB2 08-07-2019 - 16:17


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