Why Trains Crash next Nova special

sousakerry · **Joined:** Tue Sep 22, 2015 12:36 pm **Posts:** 198

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/why-trains-crash.html

To air Wednesday night.

Mr.Starr · **Joined:** Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:41 am **Posts:** 98

I n my opinion .. I would have to say computer error at the railway company's end ,not to forget Shear Stupidity by Everyone Else! That means the general population.

Mr. Starr

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

why do cars crash everyday...I wanna know

crij · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:15 am **Posts:** 585

Should we take bets on how many times they mention PTC and other non-field tested solutions `that are ready to use', that `Industry refuses to spend money on implementing'?

I am going to say 50 mentions of technologies that have never been tested successfully outside controlled conditions.

Rich C.

QJdriver · **Posted:** Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:52 pm

And I thought it was because two trains can't occupy the same track at the same time....

choodude · **Joined:** Wed Jun 29, 2016 11:58 am **Posts:** 310

It's always the Track department's fault.

Brian

Dennis Storzek · **Posted:** Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:47 pm

choodude wrote:

It's always the Track department's fault.

Brian

I thought they flipped a coin to see who was going to take the fall... this time.

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1264

My money is on human error and human frailty. These are not always the same thing. One of the biggest crashes in this aria in a long time happened because both crew members on one train fell asleep. The dispatcher in Seattle could see what was going to happen but couldn't stop it. The one in New Jersey last year was due to undiagnosed narcolepsy. One involving an Amtrak train quite a while ago was due to an engineer being high. The fireball in Quebec was caused by a one man crew not putting on enough hand breaks. When the unattended locomotives caught fire the fire department shut down the engine and the air bled off.

choodude · **Joined:** Wed Jun 29, 2016 11:58 am **Posts:** 310

Dennis Storzek wrote:

choodude wrote:

It's always the Track department's fault.

Brian

I thought they flipped a coin to see who was going to take the fall... this time.

Back in the 1970's on an unnamed railroad, folks would figure out what really happened, then negotiate as to who could survive the political hit.

Brian

atsfm177 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:22 pm

Dennis Storzek wrote:

choodude wrote:

It's always the Track department's fault.

Brian

I thought they flipped a coin to see who was going to take the fall... this time.

If they do, they lost the coin where I work.

ArtS · **Joined:** Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:31 pm **Posts:** 53

CMRR in opening sequence???

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:40 pm

The EMC Model 40? I think that was the Walkersville Southern......

sousakerry · **Joined:** Tue Sep 22, 2015 12:36 pm **Posts:** 198

It was about as much as I expected. At least they did their homework and didn't spout a bunch of half truths and outright lies. I wasn't yelling at the TV at least.

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