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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Dec 4 22:32:11 2013 Just saw this over at the Times. Apparently there was no alerter in the cab car of the ill-fated train, but was in the locomotive on the "north" end.Train Had a Warning System, Just Not in the Operator's Cab Excerpt: The Metro-North Railroad train that derailed on Sunday included a system designed to warn an operator of a potential accident. But such an "alerter," which can automatically apply the brakes if an operator is unresponsive, was not in the cab where William Rockefeller apparently fell into an early-morning daze at the controls. It was at the other end of the train ... |
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