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Re: Train was going 80MPH in 30MPH zone |
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Posted by ElectricTraction on Fri Dec 22 11:49:46 2017, in response to Re: Train was going 80MPH in 30MPH zone, posted by Broadway Lion on Fri Dec 22 07:59:28 2017. Most passenger trains could be automated, although PTC is sort of the best of both worlds, in that going is done by a human, and if the human doesn't stop, then stopping is automated. A line like the New Haven line GCT-NHV would be very easy to automate, and would probably speed it up a bit, as the computer could calculate the last possible second to slam on the brakes coming into a station, versus a human that has to leave some margin. Freight trains out west still need human crews, but a lot of the drudgery of cruising along could be automated out, much like with planes and autopilot. |
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