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Most interesting thread, although as a non railroader, the discussion of signal aspects confuses me a bit.  Never mind- I will ask the pros I know nearby what y'all mean.A couple of amateur questions come to mind.1) The black box on board the locomotive- Does this also have a voice pickup, like the aviation versions do?  I know from my own experience that locomotive cabs are noisy- maybe too noisy for a mike to pick up crew conversations.  I also know that some railroads have put cameras in the cab which tie into the "black box"- would this Genesis have one of those as well?2) What exactly happens with a locomotive post crash like this?  The NTSB FAA crash crews tend to isolate crashed planes in a hanger for technical evaluation- does the same sort of thing happen here?  Who evaluates whether the locomotive is totalled or not?  I have visions of a State Farm guy standing there with a clipboard... shaking his head and contemplating whether a deductable applies.3) Which brings up another question- does AMTRAK carry private insurance for accidents like this, or are they self insured?  Given the hullabaloo over the budget... completely replacing a locomotive out of their operations budget would be a fair sized chunk of money- even assuming the manufacturer (EMD or GE?) even makes them anymore...Thanks for the answers.  I'll go back to figuring out what a lunar aspect is on my own.
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