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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by Easy on Sat Mar 17 22:42:15 2012, in response to Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Dave on Sat Mar 17 22:37:42 2012. Here's a screen shot from another forum. Metro is also reporting that the train derailed. This is the second Expo accident in 3 days btw. And Expo was supposed to open over a year ago. They have been testing for a solid year, but are having a problem with the junction with the blue line.
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Mar 17 22:47:34 2012, in response to Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Dave on Sat Mar 17 22:37:42 2012. Since it goes to Culver City it should be called the Culver Line. :-) |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by chuchubob on Sat Mar 17 22:54:28 2012, in response to Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Dave on Sat Mar 17 22:37:42 2012. This was on the Blue Line. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sat Mar 17 22:54:53 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Easy on Sat Mar 17 22:42:15 2012. so there is still no opening day for the expo line ??!!! seems like they cannot get it together !! |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by Easy on Sat Mar 17 23:00:53 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by chuchubob on Sat Mar 17 22:54:28 2012. It's on what will be the shared blue/expo line along Flower which is a one way street.What happens is that the train was going in the same direction as the car, but trailing it. Somehow the car turned in front of the train. Probably ran a red light accidentally. When the trains come there are all kinds of flashing lights and some of the turns can be confusing. This one isn't though. |
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Posted by Easy on Sat Mar 17 23:05:39 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sat Mar 17 22:54:53 2012. No, they can't. Originally people were hoping that the line would open partially to Crenshaw two years ago. Then Metro even said that it would open last year to La Cienega with an opening to Culver City this year. Now the line is completed all the way to Culver City, but they still can't open because of problems with ATP at the junction with the blue line. It's a real fiasco! |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sat Mar 17 23:09:04 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Easy on Sat Mar 17 23:00:53 2012. That (kinda) happened in the only vehicle-Blue Line accident that I ever witnessed. Early 1991, shortly after 7th St/Metro Center opened, I was on a southbound train, we come out of the portal headed toward Pico station. Right when we get to 12th St, T/O suddenly goes into emergency and I hear the impact. This van had apparently made a left turn against the red arrow from Flower St onto 12th St in front of the train. Man and a woman (wife?) were inside, fortunately not injured (I think the LRV just hit a glancing blow). I figured we'd be there for awhile, but the T/O got on the radio, after going out to talk to the van driver, and after a few minutes, we were on our way. Guess Central Control cleared him to go, and let the LAUSD Blue Line division follow up. Once we got on the main line, turns out the horn was trashed (the original horns were down low, lower right hand corner of the car, I think they often were causalities of even a minor collision), so he used the bell the rest of the way. Probably why they eventually moved the horns to the roof. Glad I never witnessed any of the really bad accidents, though there was a close call or two. |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sat Mar 17 23:14:34 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Easy on Sat Mar 17 23:05:39 2012. here is a test train at 7th and metro center
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by Easy on Sat Mar 17 23:36:28 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sat Mar 17 23:14:34 2012. Nice.I'll be glad when the line opens. Both Expo II and Crenshaw should be under major construction by the end of this year (Expo in a couple of months). Can't wait for that too! |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by Easy on Sat Mar 17 23:40:01 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Sat Mar 17 23:09:04 2012. Lots of accidents on that stretch. I've been luck so far, knock on wood. But I was thinking today how tough it must be on the operators. On The Tube television programme they were discussing "one unders" and how tough they are on the train drivers. LA is much worse because you not only have to worry about jumpers, but also car collisions. I think that a high percentage of LA train operators on the blue line have been in a crash at some point. Probably multiple crashes. |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by monorail on Sun Mar 18 01:05:32 2012, in response to Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Dave on Sat Mar 17 22:37:42 2012. 'Six people have been injured after the sedan they were riding in collided with a light rail train conducting a test run through downtown Los Angeles.'Had it been in regular service, I wonder if any would have been killed.... |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by George Foelschow on Sun Mar 18 02:15:38 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Mar 17 22:47:34 2012. It's been called the Expo Line from the start since it traverses Exposition Boulevard. Phase 2 will see the line extended to Santa Monica so Culver City will only be a stop on the way. There was talk of naming the line for a color (Blue, Red, Purple, Green, Gold, Orange, and Silver are already in use), and nothing suitable seemed to fit. "Aqua" and "Pink" were suggestions, but vetoed by City Council member Bernard Parks, whose district is served by the line. |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Mar 18 02:48:30 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Easy on Sat Mar 17 23:36:28 2012. total agreementlets open the new line now !!! |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Mar 18 03:19:35 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by George Foelschow on Sun Mar 18 02:15:38 2012. My lame joke went over your head. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Mar 18 03:24:20 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Mar 18 03:19:35 2012. A lot of that lately. :) |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by chuchubob on Sun Mar 18 07:55:33 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by monorail on Sun Mar 18 01:05:32 2012. 'Six people have been injured after the sedan they were riding in collided with a light rail train conducting a test run through downtown Los Angeles.'Had it been in regular service, I wonder if any would have been killed.... It was a Blue Line train in regular service. Initial reports that it was an Expo Line test train were erroneous. Media have been known to misreport "facts". |
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Test Trains to Increase (WAS: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured) |
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Posted by ebtmikado on Sun Mar 18 08:55:47 2012, in response to Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Dave on Sat Mar 17 22:37:42 2012. Testing to Increase Lee |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 18 09:37:56 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by chuchubob on Sun Mar 18 07:55:33 2012. No, it was an Expo test train. You can see the P2000 in the picture that I posted. The P2000 is what they have been using for Expo testing. The blue line runs P865's. Also, the article noted that no passengers were on board. That would never be the case on the blue line on a Saturday afternoon. Or anytime really. |
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Mar 18 14:34:24 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 18 09:37:56 2012. iawtp!like this photo below .... a p2000 !!
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Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured |
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Posted by chuchubob on Sun Mar 18 16:01:47 2012, in response to Re: Car collides with Los Angeles' Expo rail train, 6 injured, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 18 09:37:56 2012. OK. It was reported on another message board that two TV stations initially said it was the Expo Line and subsequently corrected their stories to say it was the Blue Line. I should have known better than believing TV news reports. |
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