I'm not sure about elsewhere, but a hook & ladder with a steerable rear end is either extinct or almost so in the Chicago Fire Department. Most ladder trucks that I've seen recently are single units.
Is there any reason an old idea can't be resurrected? I still think modular construction makes more sense.
Tom
Noboby has posted anything about the condition of the Engineer or his "student" engineer. I hope they are surviving.
Looks like Amtrak and CSX have done their due diligence, and have decided to unleash the lawyers:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/amtrak-csx-file-lawsuit-over-halifax-county-train-/nk7QC/
Stay tuned ....
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$75,000 apiece won't do much. I suspect the requested legal immunity is the big goal here.
One more victim suffers more from the crash.
http://www.roanoke.com/business/news/chuck-akers-steps-down-from-the-cab-reluctantly/article_f0f50aaa-3421-55b4-bcac-286ee89c80d1.html
[quote user="blue streak 1"]One more victim suffers more from the crash.
http://www.roanoke.com/business/news/chuck-akers-steps-down-from-the-cab-reluctantly/article_f0f50aaa-3421-55b4-bcac-286ee89c80d1.html[/quote]
Mr. Akers career sounds like the definition of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Its tough to hear what he has had to endure due to the indifference of others.
Amtrak should invite him to ride the cab of the first train into Roanoke when it happens and give him a proper send off.
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