BART is currently On Strike, however, a employee and a contractor were killed while inspecting track
http://news.yahoo.com/2-workers-die-tracks-striking-sf-bay-system-091127882--finance.html
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Wait! Let me guess.... Edward Luciano was driving the train.
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The BART train was reportedly operating under 'computer control'.
Which, to me, leads to the question of what kind of computer operating system for trains does not protect 'on track workers' with trains operating under computer control???????
AFIK, NO system allows for the computerized protection of workers on the tracks. On NYCT, if there are workers on the tracks, they must call control, and they will take that segment out of automation. (?)
Yes, in NYC I noticed many, many times last Wednesday where track gangs had red flags in middle of track to be removed when train was cleared to move. Two or more employees looking after the safety of the track and signal gangs at work.
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In a signed column by regular journalists Matier & Ross in 21 OctoberSF Chronicle the lead is:"An informed transit insider tells us that the BART train that struckand killed two workers on the tracks near the Walnut Creek station onSaturday was on a strike-related training run at the time of theaccident. " 'They were practicing training people how to operate and have theskills in the event of an extended strike,' said the source, who wasnot authorized to speak on the record."The source, however, said BART's official description -- that thetrain was on a routine maintenance run at the time may also be true.<....> " (the article continues)
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Strange that your page doesn't mention the parallel between the BART fatalities and the Malbone St. wreck -- they both involved strikebreakers who may or may not have been qualified. (Luciano imho CLEARLY wasn't...)
A major reason, iirc, for the BMT going under a few years later was the aggregate court claims for all the people who died and were injured in this wreck...
Question: Was Mr. Luciano a scab or a supervisory employee pressed into service?
CSSHEGEWISCHQuestion: Was Mr. Luciano a scab or a supervisory employee pressed into service?
NO. He was a train dispatcher who worked a full day as a dispatcher and was then ordered to make a few runs before going home. This was his second trip behind the throttle. He was not management.
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