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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan Ed: That's just gross.....(gaging) L.C: That incident involving Amtrak train; doesn't the engineer have to flick a metallic switch once in a while otherwise the train will go into emergency? So how did he manage to get passed two signals? P.S to everybody: What is T&E? (feeling silly for asking) [/quote] Andrew- You are speaking of the "whisker" of the alertor. Not brushing the whisker every so often causes the alertor to make progressively louder noise (what noise depends upon what type of alertor). If the engineer still doesn't respond by touching the whisker or making a brake application for a set period of time the alertor will automatically apply a penalty application of the train brakes bringing the train to a stop. That is what happened with the Amtrak train. Luckily, it came to a stop short of the CSX train who's crew had put their train into emergency and jumped.Unfortunately, by the time the train was brought to a stop it had passed two signals and run through an interlocking switch bringing it on to the same track as the opposing CSX train. Oh and as Ed said T&E = Train and Engine service LC
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