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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sat Dec 23 07:26:41 2017, in response to Re: Amtrak Derailment in Washington, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Fri Dec 22 20:59:22 2017. Nah... Full automation does not require any extra isolation.HSR does, but freights lumbering asross the prairies, no. Think it through... Suppose you do have an engineer on board. Is he going to stop for a car, pedestrian or cow on the ROW. He can try, but it will not happen. Radar on the front of the locomotive might give the sucker a better chance but not all that much.. It takes a MILE (90 seconds at least) to stop a train, it only takes two second for some asshole to block the crossing. SAorry. Aint Happening. A sign on the crossbucks "AUTOMATED TRAINS WILL NOT STOP" will be sufficient. of course manned trains will not stop either but at least it gives the four wheel dorks something more to think about. ROAR |
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