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Re: Official Stance on What to do if someone Falls on the Tracks? |
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Posted by Joe Saitta on Thu Jul 5 00:12:15 2012, in response to Re: Official Stance on What to do if someone Falls on the Tracks?, posted by Train Dude on Wed Jul 4 20:47:22 2012. Here's just a thought. In school car, motormen, working together, are taught how to jump trains should one stall between third rail sections, using a heavy cable. Would it not be possible to have, at each station, a similar, well insulted cable that could be used to "short out" the signal system on a section of track where someone had fallen or if it were otherwise be necessary to stop a train? This cable would have to be manned by two people who would remain on the station platform; one end of the cable would only have to be touched to the inside web of the rail furthest from the station, and the other end of the cable to the top of the rail closest to the platform. Of course, extreme care would have to be used and personnel trained not to go near the third rail with the cable. If this suggestion were adopted, all operating TA personnel, including the police, would have to be trained to perform this operation in an emergency. By doing this, the signals in a block would change to red, and the trips arms would rise, forcing the train to stop, most likely before it even entered the station. |
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