rjemery I find it frustrating that there is yet to appear no diagram to scale showing the location of the Chatsworth collision, signal towers, switches, station, etc. There is also no information given on what safety and signal equipment was implemented trackside or in the respective locomotive cabs. No information yet on what kind of CTC was in operation and what alarms were sounded when the Metrolink train passed a red and drove through the points onto the single track porition of the line. No photo of the signal tower the Metrolink train apparently passed on a stop/red. It would be interesting to know what kind of signal it is, how many heads are displayed and how many lamps are in each head. All of the above should have become available by this time. Instead, it seems it is being kept under wraps. One shouldn't have to wait a year or more to learn any of these facts now.
I find it frustrating that there is yet to appear no diagram to scale showing the location of the Chatsworth collision, signal towers, switches, station, etc.
There is also no information given on what safety and signal equipment was implemented trackside or in the respective locomotive cabs.
No information yet on what kind of CTC was in operation and what alarms were sounded when the Metrolink train passed a red and drove through the points onto the single track porition of the line.
No photo of the signal tower the Metrolink train apparently passed on a stop/red. It would be interesting to know what kind of signal it is, how many heads are displayed and how many lamps are in each head.
All of the above should have become available by this time. Instead, it seems it is being kept under wraps. One shouldn't have to wait a year or more to learn any of these facts now.
http://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/hitlist.cfm?docketID=46548&CFID=44122&CFTOKEN=81846384
Report was approved and issued by NTSB on 21 January 2010.
http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2010/RAR1001.pdf
Falcon48 rjemery: I find it frustrating that there is yet to appear no diagram to scale showing the location of the Chatsworth collision, signal towers, switches, station, etc. With all due respect, before you write something like this, why don;t you look to see what information is available?
rjemery: I find it frustrating that there is yet to appear no diagram to scale showing the location of the Chatsworth collision, signal towers, switches, station, etc.
With all due respect, before you write something like this, why don;t you look to see what information is available?
Note that rjemery's post was dated September 16, 2008. At the time wrote the post, there was very little info available.
FWIW, I was taken aback when reading his post some hours ago, until I looked at the adte of the post.
- Erik
erikem Falcon48: rjemery: I find it frustrating that there is yet to appear no diagram to scale showing the location of the Chatsworth collision, signal towers, switches, station, etc. With all due respect, before you write something like this, why don;t you look to see what information is available? Note that rjemery's post was dated September 16, 2008. At the time wrote the post, there was very little info available. FWIW, I was taken aback when reading his post some hours ago, until I looked at the adte of the post. - Erik
Falcon48: rjemery: I find it frustrating that there is yet to appear no diagram to scale showing the location of the Chatsworth collision, signal towers, switches, station, etc. With all due respect, before you write something like this, why don;t you look to see what information is available?
ERIK: I was the Poster who brought this thread back up. I did so as noted, I thought it would be inappropriate to start another Thread when all the information that was available was posted in the Thread from 2010. I simply thought it was of interest that the awards had been made and essentially blame established(?). As Noted on page 4 and my Post.
From that Post on this thread:
At the risk of having raised a ZOMBIE, I thought it might be appropriate to put a final note on this 2008 Chatsworth, California Metrolink/UPRR Crash.
THe TRAINS Newswire for July 15,2010 carries the following Item:
"Judge disburses $200 million to victims of Metrolink crash"
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