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Metra is publicizing a new schedule for their BNSF route because the PTC train computers require time for data downloads before each trip. This means that they can not turn a train ("FLIP") as quick as they do now. So instead of turning a train in under ten minutes, they are now going to allow fifteen minutes.
https://metrarail.com/about-metra/newsroom/new-safety-system-prompts-revision-bnsf-schedule
Also the following video dicusses the complexity of Metra's PTC operation where a commuter train's PTC will have to communicate with five different rairoads PTC systems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl80rvDHSJU
Ain't Computers and unfunded mandates fun!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Electroliner 1935Also the following video dicusses the complexity of Metra's PTC operation where a commuter train's PTC will have to communicate with five different rairoads PTC systems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl80rvDHSJU
The most honest and factual video I have seen on the implementation of PTC and highlights all the issues that are involved.
Looks like the video was pulled ...
rdamonLooks like the video was pulled ...
Guess it was too honest and factual for a politically guided organization in today's world.
May have found it ...
OK, I don’t get it.
What is the problem? I thought PTC just stopped a train if the train did or was about to do something it was not supposed to. What is all the programing about? Isn’t PTC just PTC? The thread’s insinuation is that human error could cause a programing error that would circumvent PTC and boom!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K.P.’s absolute “theorem” from early, early childhood that he has seen over and over and over again: Those that CAUSE a problem in the first place will act the most violently if questioned or exposed.
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