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Re: TA is obsessed with CBTC, and ''New'' tech for no reason. |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Mon Mar 3 09:14:30 2008, in response to Re: TA is obsessed with CBTC, and ''New'' tech for no reason., posted by Jeff H. on Mon Mar 3 03:29:34 2008. Thanks for the analysis of my scenario.Again, remember the premise: the engineer is competent and wants to live. It's a good premise, I think, and it's going to lessen the impact of any conditions, for sure. Then again, is it a premise that NYCT buys? I don't know about that. Maybe they're meaning to put in an 'idiot-proof' system - no disrespect meant by me to our operating personnel here, mind you, since that word has been thrown around casually in a way I'm not fond of. I don't think that my scenario was realistic in that it's probably difficult for the engineer to nod off after she brought her train's speed down to restricting, although stranger things have happened, e.g., like here, where a NYCT train apparently unintentionally keyed by a red signal and then accelerated up to speed right into the rear of another train. But that's why we have engineer training, I guess, although maybe NYCT has lost faith in that; I certainly couldn't say. Transit systems often use a stricter ASC in which the 0 code is a stop and a different code (often 75) is used for 15 MPH. I wonder if LIRR is an oddball; I seem to recall that their '75' codes something like 25-35 mph, at least in EMUs. |
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