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[quote user="marknewton"][quote user="CN conductor"]In responding to a prior post I would like to add that having a second pair of eyes in the cab is exactly what is need in commuter train service.[/quote] Hmm. You're in commuter train service yourself? [quote]Since these trains run on tight scheduals that run in a predictable manner each day, engineers run the risk of getting into the mind set that they will get the same signal aspets at the same locations every day.  I suspect that the Metrolink engineer assumed he had a light at that Control Point because he almost never got held there by the dispatcher in the past.  Had a second person been in that cab to call attention to the unusual signal aspect the accident would never have happend. [/quote] Assuming of course that the second person was paying attention. Big assumption, based on my experience. Mark.[/quote]  1.  Actually I am a frieght train conductor who works in Commuter train territory, so I do know what kinds of things Commutrer train crews confront.2.  The rule book says that both members of a train crew are responsible for the safe opperation of their train.  The rule book also states that each crew member has the responsibility to remind their co-workers to follow the rules, including the one that states that employees must be alert and atentive while on the job.  Clearly Mark, if you have had trouble with inatentive crewmembers it is your fault for not correcting that situation.
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