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Re: **Breaking News** - Metrolink Train collides with freight train |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sat Sep 13 20:22:44 2008, in response to Re: **Breaking News** - Metrolink Train collides with freight train, posted by RonInBayside on Sat Sep 13 20:02:13 2008. Areas of track where you can't see around a corner, approaching an interlocking, should always be treated as a prermanent approach signal - that is, a signal should be at the beginning of that track block permanently set to "Approach" (and perhaps a posted speed limit at the signal lamp of 30 mph).That's pretty much what the DIB rule did in the wake of the Silver Spring/Georgetown Jct collision. The distant DIB signal ahead of a station means that the train must be prepared to stop at the next (home) signal, and the train's speed can't exceed 40 mph. But if the engineer simply forgets or ignores that, what is the enforcement mechanism on Metrorail? Metrorail doesn't have one, and the consequences can be tragic. Metrorail also doesn't have cab signals. Perhaps the engineer in question simply forgot the prior signal aspect and the physical characteristics of his railroad, but again, what's to mitigate that? |
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