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Re: Train was going 80MPH in 30MPH zone |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Dec 24 15:54:05 2017, in response to Re: Train was going 80MPH in 30MPH zone, posted by randyo on Sun Dec 24 14:53:23 2017. "Several cars back, how would the C/R know if the train is speeding..."In passenger service, a seasoned conductor would know when his train is going too fast. If they couldn't raise the engineer on the IC, the would just go & pull the cord. When I first started commuting back in 1986 I met a few old time PC/CR conductors who said that they did just that. It was a rare occurance, but they weren't afraid to step up. I dare say that if one of those high seniority conductors was aboard that MN train that wrecked in Spuyten Duyvil, he would have sensed that the train wasn't braking where it should, pulled the cord & that wreck just might have been prevented. Something we'll never know. |
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