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Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased
Author: david vartanoff
Date: 10-31-2013 - 21:57

So as many may remember, in Feb 1996 a very nasty head on collision on CSX at Georgetown Jct (SilverSpring) took 11 lives when a MARC push pull slammed into Amtrak F 40s. The root cause was apparently failure to obey a yellow signal. If CSX had deployed cab signals, the engineer would have had the yellow staring him in the face and likely not been killed. (http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/1997/RAR9702.pdf)
FRA's response was to order new "bulking up" of cab cars in such service. While NO technology can prevent the stupidity at Chatsworth, a cab signal system such as CTA uses wherein the engineer must obey speed commands or a penalty brake application occurs would have saved those lives.
We are not deploying proven safety systems; instead we buy more steel and waste more fuel moving it. Pennywise pound foolish IMHO.

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  FRA to allow Euro trainsets? Bill 10-31-2013 - 09:53
  Re: FRA to allow Euro trainsets? Brian 10-31-2013 - 13:23
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased Margaret (SP fan) 10-31-2013 - 13:28
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased Scott Schiechl 10-31-2013 - 14:57
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased George Andrews 10-31-2013 - 15:51
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased mook 10-31-2013 - 17:55
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased david vartanoff 10-31-2013 - 21:57
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015 SP5103 11-01-2013 - 08:32
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased Clem 10-31-2013 - 22:55
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased OldPoleBurner 11-01-2013 - 12:59
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased Margaret (SP fan) 11-02-2013 - 14:28
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased OldPoleBurner 11-04-2013 - 17:19
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased Ernest H. Robl 11-01-2013 - 09:08
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased Eric M 11-01-2013 - 09:38
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased OldPoleBurner 11-01-2013 - 14:36
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased Margaret (SP fan) 11-02-2013 - 15:46
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased mook 11-02-2013 - 19:23
  Re: FRA trainsets ... continuing mook 11-02-2013 - 20:27
  Re: FRA trainsets ... continuing Clem 11-03-2013 - 15:03
  Re: FRA trainsets ... continuing mook 11-03-2013 - 17:30
  Re: FRA may allow Euro trainsets in 2015; Article is very biased OldPoleBurner 11-04-2013 - 17:34
  Re: FRA to allow Euro trainsets? Brian 11-01-2013 - 12:56
  Re: FRA to allow Euro trainsets? mook 11-01-2013 - 17:35


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