Login
or
Register
Home
»
Trains Magazine
»
Forums
»
General Discussion
»
Everyone is missing the obvious in the Metrolink wreck.
Edit post
Edit your reply below.
Post Body
Enter your post below.
<p>[quote user="eastside"]As a counter-example, what about New York City subway trains or PATH commuter trains? During rush hours some trains have about 500 passengers and run at intervals of about a minute. That's a huge responsibility. They're remarkably safe, and I don't hear anyone saying safety suffers for lacking a second person in the cab -- remarkable in a city filled with so many people quick to criticise. One thing not mentioned is that most commuter operations run on a thin edge, requiring a second person would probably make most of them economically unviable.[/quote]</p><p>Subway systems are equiped with fail safe devises that will stop train in the advent of a speed limit or signal aspect violation. As I said before you are comparing apples to oranges here. </p>
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag
Update Reply
Join our Community!
Our community is
FREE
to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.
Login »
Register »
Search the Community
Newsletter Sign-Up
By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our
privacy policy
More great sites from Kalmbach Media
Terms Of Use
|
Privacy Policy
|
Copyright Policy