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Re: **Breaking News** - Metrolink Train collides with freight train |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Fri Sep 12 21:10:27 2008, in response to Re: **Breaking News** - Metrolink Train collides with freight train, posted by trainsarefun on Fri Sep 12 21:06:47 2008. That's my guess too. They've got commuter trains and freight trains going just as fast as most commuter rail does in NYC area - 70-79 mph max - but there's not much to enforce stop signals.Plus, freight roads generally are more lax in their inspections of track than passenger roads. Based on the looks of this crash, they need to install a system to enforce signals given. It's something that's been known at least since the BNSF-Metrorail crash. I forgot the gratuitous number of grade crossings with auto traffic, so there's that too. |
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