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Posted by WillD on Tue May 29 00:50:16 2012, in response to Re: ZPTO Subway Relays, posted by Broadway Lion on Mon May 28 07:44:05 2012. The train probably runs automatically its entire route, the T/O providing supervision and door operations.More than likely that is the case. More than half of the heavy rail systems in the US use some form of ATO to cut down on driver workload and I'd hazard a guess that the percentage is greater in Europe. BNSF has plans to run its entire railroad automatically, and even today does some switching operations from the ground rather than from the locomotive. I'm pretty sure that for now the FRA has shot down their OPTO and ZPTO plans. It is worth noting the Quebec North Shore and Laborador does run with a single engineer and no conductor. But they also have a fairly advanced positive train control system and a very predictable alignment with gentle grades. And as I mentioned in another response, I'd be surprised if the operator were controlling the train through a direct link. It's a bit of semantics since controlling it through the track circuit really is a remote control by other means, but I doubt she has direct control over the train itself. |
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