Holly Gibson Wrote:
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> They were probably asleep. Yes, ALL of them.
So then it really doesn't matter how many people are in the
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Nothing is 100% fail safe. For example, the rear-end collision at Bertram referenced on page 1 involved a train with a two-p
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Holly Gibson Wrote:
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> So we're subscribing to the theory that all of
> this hardware and software is 100 per cent fail
> safe and never ca
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The last train on the Monterey Branch ran in 1997. In August of 1999 TAMC, Transportation Agency of Monterey County, brought down a demonstration commuter train, ICE or TALGO or one of those, as far a
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Kelly and I hyrailed the line from Orofino to Jaypee a year ago. Out of Orofino there is a small bridge with one end washed out which stopped us from the Orofino end about three or four miles from th
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"Check your facts next time" also repeatedly noted in various media reports that critical areas of that bridge had not been inspected for years due to inspectors being permitted to not inspect areas c
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GOVERNMENT REPORT QUESTIONS RAILWAY BRIDGE SAFETY (With video)
Oh yeah, having DOT inspect bridges is a good idea, they haven't had any really impressive failures which they missed the signs of la
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