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Unions urge Amtrak to put 2nd engineer in every locomotive
Associated Press ^
| May 19, 2015 1:23 PM EDT
| Michael R. Sisak
Posted on 05/19/2015 10:28:05 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: informavoracious
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posted on
05/19/2015 11:24:09 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Ok.. I am not a union fan..but I do agree with the reasoning for the need to have two engineers in the cab at the controls on any long haul..you can't just pull a train over like a car or a truck.. it is more akin to an aircraft that you would require two pilots for anything more then small short haul
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posted on
05/19/2015 11:43:17 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
To: tophat9000
I figured that if the new electric locomotives had a single cab, then an access gangway would exist between the passenger cars and the engine cab so that the rest of the crew could get to it. European locomotive makers only manufacture single cab electrics for higher-speed trains, though (faster than 137 mph).
Amtrak’s due to get new cars from Spanish company CAF soon, with cab cars that allow push-pull operation of the train (engine in the rear pushing the train for half the trips); but that means the engineer is accessible for only one direction of the journey.
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posted on
05/19/2015 11:48:17 AM PDT
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
I’m okay with having two engineers, as long as they split the wage between the two engineers.
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posted on
05/19/2015 12:07:35 PM PDT
by
Marko413
To: Buckeye McFrog
Don’t Trains have dead man switches anymore?
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
05/19/2015 12:15:01 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: bmwcyle
Built by whom?
Frankly, their external “robot”, called “ACSES” (Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System) somehow was not activated on that very section, even though it was installed. Government robots are still in the control of government employees.
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05/19/2015 12:35:26 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: jaydubya2
Yes, but the engineer wasn’t dead. Very much alive, and most likely very much in control of his faculties; if he could operate the dead man’s device, he could do other things.
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05/19/2015 12:36:36 PM PDT
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Putting two homos together in the engine cab for a long ride. What could possibly go wrong???
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posted on
05/19/2015 12:44:45 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
To: Olog-hai
This development was predicted by somsbody right here on FreeRepublic — the very day of the derailment.
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05/19/2015 1:22:55 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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To: Olog-hai
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05/19/2015 2:26:12 PM PDT
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bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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