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Re: UP collision in Kansas this morning.
Author: E
Date: 07-17-2013 - 09:05
RWS Wrote:
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> Rather than blame the railroad for location of
> signals. Lets look at the employee who violated
> the rules and put other employees at risk by
> giving up a track warrant before verifying that
> all switches handled were restored to normal
> operating postion. The Dispatcher when taking a
> release of a warrant is required to ask the crew
> if any switches were used and if the crew concurs
> that they are clear of the limits of their
> warrant. The warrant can't be released until the
> crew tells the DS that if any switches were used
> and if switches were used they have been restored
> and the engineer and conductor have initialed the
> conductors log book with the times the switches
> were opened and closed.
Correct.
And if the local crew did that, then both the DS and the
crew on the freight had every right to approach that switch
expecting it to be lined and locked for their movement.
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> Rather than blame the railroad for location of
> signals. Lets look at the employee who violated
> the rules and put other employees at risk by
> giving up a track warrant before verifying that
> all switches handled were restored to normal
> operating postion. The Dispatcher when taking a
> release of a warrant is required to ask the crew
> if any switches were used and if the crew concurs
> that they are clear of the limits of their
> warrant. The warrant can't be released until the
> crew tells the DS that if any switches were used
> and if switches were used they have been restored
> and the engineer and conductor have initialed the
> conductors log book with the times the switches
> were opened and closed.
Correct.
And if the local crew did that, then both the DS and the
crew on the freight had every right to approach that switch
expecting it to be lined and locked for their movement.
