Bob,

So there is a need for a Control Point on the "Metrolink side"?

Thanks

BOB2 Wrote:
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> I kind of agree with an earlier posters on the
> requirements that this be PTC compliant, installed
> by professionals, with the kind of current
> qualifications folks at the FRA or NTSB signing
> off on stuff like this. Knowing some of the folks
> I've worked with at RCTC, I'd probably have my
> lawyers put in all kinds of language like that
> into the RFP and contract language, to cover my
> own a$$ (and to assure it is done in the safest
> and most responsible way to minimize any potential
> risk and/or liability to any stakeholder...).
>
> So, I also understand that there may be some of
> the serious complexities and costs associated with
> installing the switch.
>
> And yes, given some of the installations I've
> seen, the switch, and probably the derail, along
> with even, a controlling signal, I'd expect would
> definitely be controlled by ML dispatchers, and
> under detection, for any possible unauthorized
> use, by ML dispatchers.
>
> Except for some possible rare "planned" and/or
> highly coordinated "events" or other "odd"
> movements, I doubt were talking about OERM going
> on ML, for a whole host of good reasons. So I'd
> suspect that this switch would mostly be used for
> set outs and pick ups, of arriving or departing
> equipment.