Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> >had he been going 25mph the posted track speed he
> might have blew by the siganl but he would've had
> enough time to stop before kissing pilots ..

hey kid look apparently you can't comprehend what you read ... i never said he blew by the signal at 25 ... i said had he been doing 25 and he saw the red signal indication he would've had enough time to stop before bumpig headends ... but not by much ...

> Dear alledged "expert". You quite oviously don't
> know the territory nor where #14 was stopped.

i know the length of track between the incoming signal and the engine of #14 was one engine and appoximately 6 1/2 car lengths approximately 575ft ... i also know if he was doing 25 mph it takes approximatley 750-800 ft to stop a train 25 mph to 0 ... so if he was doing 25 and he saw the red signal and applied an emergency brake application before passing the signal he would have had enough time to bring the train to a stop before a collision but like i said not by much ...

> Had this guy "blown by the signal" ("blown" is the
> proper tense for your sentence, BTW)

you see son right there you show you lack of railroad knowledge for terminology in the field ... here's a hint ... stick to you literacy i'll stick to railroading ... every railroader on this board knows and uses that terminology

> and your new-fangled gadgets stopped him, he still would
> have hit the other train, at approximately the
> same speed. And that's the point OPB and I are
> trying to make.

well dr i guess you got your degree from the Ministry of Inexperience ... look son you're letting your lack of knowledge get in the way of you thinking clearly but since you don't know i won't hold you accountable for that

> You must be a salesman, that or
> Chicken Little.

naahh not quite ... just railroading since 1974 ...