Posted By Doug No problem. Lest we forget it is you who chose to address my comments one page back. No problem Doug....you're on the green and...
Posted By Pastoolio I personally feel that he had something happen to incapacitate him, but no matter the outcome, we all know it was "text...
Posted By Doug Or, as in your case, they have a bunch of people making excuses for them. Doug, let's agree to drop it. The Moderator here is...
BUT...If he was in fact in the cab of that loco and 'operating' the train...at any point in time...not just specifically "AT THE TIME OF THE...
Posted by Doug Oh, guess I misunderstood. I didn't realize that engineers knew EXACTLY when they were gonna meet another train. (what, is it like...
Posted By Cajon Find it very hard to believe a good engineer can be so distracted by text messaging that 2 signals & a switch are run thru. And...
The worst thing for me, on the railroad, was to wake up at 7am., second out on the board. Boy! I am going to work a daylight trip. Then, go on...
I have read many articles and studies on sleep deprivation, regarding many different professions, all of which concluded that it was rarely...
Probe looks at whether Metrolink engineer's split shift played part in deadly crash Boy, what a work week. Metrolink is just like all other RR's....
it's easier to misinterpret the written word compared to the verbal that has tone and facial expression. Boy! You are dead right about that. PM
Let us not forget those that were impacted by this accident when making our post as some here might know them. Was there some disrespect,...
Posted By Newman.. Carl and Paul, I'm sorry, those are the conversations that they SHOULD have had, but were either never spoken, or never...
Posted by Newman..... For the last two signals, that conversation apparently did not happen, I think it did, but I could be wrong. And, this...
Paul, for all intents and purposes, lets talk in CTC terms, I understand the rules change for other types of territory, but he was running in CTC...
Newman posted... Also, after discussing this with a couple of Amtrak rulies,and more than a few BNSF and Amtrak road Foreman, we have all come to...
I don't have any sound on my 2000 Windows 98. Did she say anything about the Metrolink train "not" being placed into emergency? I had a friend...
Hytec.....I do realize, the post you made is from a "news" source (that's really an oxymoron) , no doubt AP or what ever. Point being, the...
<<<<<Can't stand railfanning anymore... I see enough of the railroad as it is. I do model the Espee... 41 years ago...>>>>>>>>>> We all got that...
News Media It's not just FOX....it's all of the Media, news papers, etc. You're right, there will never be any retraction of the cell phone...
Chatsworth..singal? I don't see why they would put another signal between siding switches. Trains are "delayed in the block" all the time...
