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BNSF Arizona Collision on Transcon, One Dead
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<p>[quote user="cx500"]You are not really correct here. Yes, typically blood was spilled and created a new rule. But often times in the past, and the phrase dates way, way, back, the safety problem was not obvious.[/quote]</p> <p>I think Euclid is correct, not for all rules but for a lot. Before the Federal Employer's Liabillity Act there was no financial risk for railroads with work accidents. And it shows. The Janney coupler was patented in 1873, Westinghouse invented the automatic air brake in 1872. Both had to be mandated by Congress in 1893's Railway Safety Appliance Act because of the horrendous number of accident casualties.</p> <p>PTC is another example. The technology was there for a long time but again it had to be mandated by Congress.</p> <p>This has nothing to do with the Arizona accident, it was just the response to a sidetrack.<br />Regards, Volker</p>
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