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Re: PTC failure: Toledo Blade on CSX Carey wreck
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 10-02-2019 - 12:13
John Bruce Wrote:
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> I've got to agree that PTC is more than a set of
> antennas and satellites. It's clearly how it's
> integrated into the railroad's rules and corporate
> culture. But beyond that, there ought to be some
> fail-safe way to prevent an accidental override,
> if this was the problem. So I would definitely
> call it a PTC failure, as well as a failure in
> noggins of officials elsewhere in the industry.
If a crew fails to operate their train within the requirements of a signal indication or Restricted Speed, that's a crew failure.
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> I've got to agree that PTC is more than a set of
> antennas and satellites. It's clearly how it's
> integrated into the railroad's rules and corporate
> culture. But beyond that, there ought to be some
> fail-safe way to prevent an accidental override,
> if this was the problem. So I would definitely
> call it a PTC failure, as well as a failure in
> noggins of officials elsewhere in the industry.
If a crew fails to operate their train within the requirements of a signal indication or Restricted Speed, that's a crew failure.
