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[quote user="BaltACD"]If MofW doesn't issue restricted speed after hi-railing, at the very least, the incident territory why should a train crew operate at a speed different from those whose job it is to 'KNOW' the particular territory and whatever idocyncracies that pertain to the territory.[/quote] It is not about the crew. Example: You have a very high water level. The bridge piers start to loose their footings. MofW make a control drive but doesn't find anything. It is still to early. MofW has done everything possible and should be trusted. OK, but you can't trust nature in special circumstances. And MofW should know it and go the safe way. The Rule 6.21 doesn't say in unusually heavy rain, storm, or high water, trains and engines must approach bridges, culverts, and other potentially hazardous points prepared to stop, except the route is cleared by MofW. I think rule 6.21 aims at those defects that cannot be detected by MofW because of circumstances. [quote user="BaltACD"]The world is built on trust - trust that those who have 'extradorinary' knowledge of situations - can be trusted to provide appropriate warnings when necessary. The absence of those warnings is defacto permission to operate in the normal manner.[/quote] Agreed, but MofW must realize or know that their judgement can be unsafe. Then the rule should apply to MofW. If not, there seems to be a gap and you end up relying on common sense. Regards, Volker
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