|
|
| Re: KTLA CONFIRMS: Re: Metrolink engineer texting with railfans (681115) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > SubChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: KTLA CONFIRMS: Re: Metrolink engineer texting with railfans |
|
|
Posted by Michael549 on Sun Sep 14 12:14:07 2008, in response to Re: KTLA CONFIRMS: Re: Metrolink engineer texting with railfans, posted by BMTLines on Sun Sep 14 11:25:49 2008. From a previous message: "The Metrolink engineer passed a red light at the point where the double track section merges to a single track. The freight was already in the single track section. Metrolink should have waited at the signal for the freight to pass but they didnt :-( "Maybe I am not following the story as closely as I should, or as closely as others, so forgive some of my questions. I am used to a subway system so from that framework I have a few questions. The driver of the train seems to have passed a red signal that he should have waited at. I thought that most or almost all railroad systems had a system in place where if the driver passes a red signal that the train is stopped automatically. Thus the rule of the red signal is enforced. Is that not the case here? (That is not to say that one should DEPEND upon such a system.) I thought that most or almost all railroad systems have a "switch board" or "model board" of the tracks so that the train dispatchers know what tracks that the trains are on, and where they are located to help forstall such problems. What was the case here? I thought that most or almost all railroad systems have a communications system in place to alert train drivers of conditions on the road, etc. Even in some cases via the communication system to slow or stop the train. What was the case here? I realize that probably the investigation is still on-going, and maybe that answers to some of those questions may come later. Just a few questions. Mike |
|
|
|