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Re: Metrolink Safety Panel - View from Outside
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 01-11-2009 - 19:57
John Bruce Wrote:
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> I've already said I've stood in the Glendale
> parking lot and watched an F59PH (Sanchez's loco
> type) head off to Lancaster. Engineer's posture
> -- from waist upward -- was clearly visible.
> Seems like you're either paying attention or you
> aren't. Whether you're reading a paperback
> thriller or texting on your cell phone, it's not
> hard to see.
If one stands on a station platform and looks into the cab, one see the engineer's right ear. If the engineer has some sort of device (such as a "Bluetooth") in his left ear, it would not be obvious from the platform.
Additionally, a locomotive with a "Desk Top" control stand will not permit someone standing on the platform to see what's on the desk.
> My guess is that whoever complained saw exactly
> what he saw, Sanchez texting clear as daylight. I
> would guess that at least one supervisor then
> followed up, but Connex hats then squelched it on
> the basis that it would have to be reported and
> would result in fines from Metrolink. That's
> based on recommendations in the report OPRRMS
> linked to.
Please show me in the report where it says that.
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> I've already said I've stood in the Glendale
> parking lot and watched an F59PH (Sanchez's loco
> type) head off to Lancaster. Engineer's posture
> -- from waist upward -- was clearly visible.
> Seems like you're either paying attention or you
> aren't. Whether you're reading a paperback
> thriller or texting on your cell phone, it's not
> hard to see.
If one stands on a station platform and looks into the cab, one see the engineer's right ear. If the engineer has some sort of device (such as a "Bluetooth") in his left ear, it would not be obvious from the platform.
Additionally, a locomotive with a "Desk Top" control stand will not permit someone standing on the platform to see what's on the desk.
> My guess is that whoever complained saw exactly
> what he saw, Sanchez texting clear as daylight. I
> would guess that at least one supervisor then
> followed up, but Connex hats then squelched it on
> the basis that it would have to be reported and
> would result in fines from Metrolink. That's
> based on recommendations in the report OPRRMS
> linked to.
Please show me in the report where it says that.
