Re: Reference to MARC / Amtrak collision
Author: Holly Gibson
Date: 02-15-2009 - 02:55
OPRRMS wrote:
With this type of block signal, color-blindness isn't a factor.
The cause of the wreck in Maryland between a MARC commuter train and an Amtrak train was pretty much determined to be lack of "situational awareness" by the MARC train's engineer.
The reference to a collision that was blamed on the engineer's color blindness involved a New Jersey Transit train at Secaucus, NJ on Feb. 9, 1996.
Both the NJT engineer and the engineer of the Chatsworth Metrolink train had diabetes.