Amtrak is already required, by law to add PTC by the end of 2015.
Problem is, when this was ordered in 2011(??), no such technology even existed.
Kinda like the terrorist attack in Texas coming just in time for the patriot act reauthorization.
“positive train control”- a device that is supposed to slow down the train in bad areas. So, what the hell is the Engineer for? Especially this whiny fruity union touting one?
I just had a thought:
If culturally we exhibited more parental oversight and supervision over young boys and thus they were molested at a lesser rate, would the percentage of homosexual men then decrease as those non-molested boys reached adulthood?
Amtrak reminds me of Taggart railroad going into that tunnel in Atlas Shrugged.
Hmm, reminds me of all those drama-queen homos who are always defacing their own property or claiming they were attacked, to draw attention to themselves. Invariably turn out to be hoaxes, 99% of the time.
Mental/psychologically unbalanced. Just like Bradley Manning stealing and distributing reams of military secrets, after getting all worked up in a ‘gay snit.’ Wouldn’t surprise me if this train-engineer homo with an obsession about railroad ‘safety’ did this intentionally. I don’t trust any homosexual in such a position of power over others.
I would like to see someone “follow the money” on this one. Who stands to gain a lot of federal taxpayer money if “positive train controls” are purchased and installed?
All of the “positive train control” systems in the world can’t overcome the laws of physics. Going 106 on a curve rated for 50 mph was a guaranteed disaster. The real question is how many other AMTRAK engineers have been speeding around those curves? Wouldn’t surprise me to discover some sort of informal competition, to see who could make the fastest DC-New York run, and who could take the curve at the highest speed.
I’ve been visiting a few railroad message boards in the wake of this accident; it appears AMTRAK will take applicants off the street—with no previous rail experience—and train them as engineers. In fact, most experienced freight engineers won’t take an AMTRAK job because they lose all seniority when they make the move.
LOL “the railroads”. AMTRAK is the US government.
Reminds me of what the germanwings pilot told people about how easy it would be to take down an airplane. Something tells me this guy did this on purpose nothing would shock me at this point
If I drove my car at TWICE the limit and killed people as a result I think I’d be trying to post bond about now. Not clear to me what is going on here.
But, but he can’t remember a thing! (Ya he did it on purpose)
Amtrak has been in the red, like the USPS, for years.
An engineer, with a blog, rants about train safety, and then, by chance/design/intent takes a 50 mph train around a 50 mph curve, at 100 mph, willfully, to make his point.
He should be tried for murder; for sabotage, since Amtrak is a federal operation.
Well, precious little Brandon showed them now, didn’t he?
You may be on to something but this murderer should haven't been going twice the speed limit.
“At any point over the previous EIGHTY years the railroad could have voluntarily implemented some form of this technology,”
That is a declaration of intent to make Amtrak INVOLUNTARILY implement the technology.
This guy needs to burn.
He would have had to be willing to be a martyr. No way of knowing he would live.
Not for nothing, but there was a deadly crash right at that same spot in 1943, something like 75 people died. If you are installing safety devices why wouldn’t you start at that location and other locations where crashes have occurred?